Common sense isn't.
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| Liberty is the air that we Americans breathe. Our Government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free. That civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against the abuse of freedom. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 2, Harvard University tercentenary (Sept. 18, 1936), ed., Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960). FDR spoke to the students and alumni concerning the pursuit of truth and preservation of academic freedom. ~ |
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| Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. |
| ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost. Book xii. Line 645. ~ |
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| But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. |
| ~ William Wordsworth, Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey. ~ |
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| The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. |
| ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ |
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| Do you know I believe that [William Jennings] Bryan will force his nomination on the Democrats again. I believe he will either do this by advocating Prohibition, or else he will run on a Prohibition platform independent of the Democrats. But you will see that the year before the election he will organize a mammoth lecture tour and will make Prohibition the leading note of every address. |
| ~ William Howard Taft (1857–1930), U.S. president. Letter, Butt to his sister-in-law, Clara F. Butt, February 21, 1910. Archie Butt, Taft and Roosevelt: The Intimate Letters of Archie Butt, Military Aide, 1: 286, Doubleday, Doran & Company (1930). Bryan, the teetotaling Democratic presidential candidate defeated in 1896, 1900, and 1908, first tried to obtain county and state option on prohibition. He failed to do so, but did not sponsor national prohibition until World War I as a war measure. ~ |
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| They had best not stir the rice, though it sticks to the pot. |
| ~ Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxvii. ~ |
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| Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms. |
| ~ Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Line 326. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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