We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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History never looks like history when you are living through it.

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. F

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

Men of integrity by their very existence rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief, a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flow

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers, when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

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    I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

    I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.

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