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"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."

"I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow."

"The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum."

"Everything is going to be all right. Miracles happen everyday."

"He found that the business of optimism was no mean task."
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"I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'."

"The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day."

"If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take."
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