"American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon."

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"American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon."

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"Never answer a question from a farmer."

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"Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty."

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"In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be."

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