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"The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens."
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"Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture."

"Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out."

"I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier."

"A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion."

"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."

"To the first class belong the Gospels and Acts; to the second, the Epistles; to the third, the Revelation."

"I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all."
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"A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country."


"Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking."


"If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe."


"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin."


"It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others."


"In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution."


"No man has the right to use the great powers of the Presidency to lead the people, indirectly, into war."
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