Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.
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Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues.... A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front they only marshal us in the way that we are going.
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Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
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Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.
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