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"To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed."
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"Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself."
"The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago."
"To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed."
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"There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness."
"It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea."
"Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table."
"The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour."
"A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office."
"I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known."
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