Chicago, Il
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We face a severe challenge. Daily before our eyes there is a growing army of unemployed and out-of-school youth.
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Speech in Chicago
The real problem of power, of the concentration of power, is not its existence, because we cannot wish it away. The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use—of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
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I believe that, as long as the instruments of peace are available, war is madness. Government must be strong wherever madness threatens the peace.
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Address at the 120th Anniversary Dinner of B’nai B’rith, Chicago, Illinois
The law which governs us must be written in the statute books. But there are areas in which our guide is more moral than legal—more a part of the basic fabric of humanity than a rigid code—more a part of our beliefs than specific rules of conduct.
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Address Delivered Before the Joint Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Chicago, Illinois
Ours is a time when many things are just too big to be grasped.
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Address at the American G.I. Forum, Chicago, Illinois
What none of us forget that we are living in a time of infinite possibilities. Both domestically and in international relations, America has never before in history had a greater chance to fulfill the dreams of men through the ages—dreams of individual freedom, national prosperity, and world peace.
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Speech in Chicago
There are those, frustrated by a difficult future, who grab out for the security of a nonexistent past. Frustrated by change, they condemned the wisdom, the motives and even the patriotism of those who seek to contend with the realities of the future. They search for the haven of doctrine.
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Equality of justice in our courts should never depend upon the defendant’s wealth or lack of resources, but in all honesty we must admit that we have failed frequently to avoid such a result.
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Speech at the University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
What is the price tag on equal justice under law? Has simple justice a price which we as a profession must exact? Is that what we have come to?
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Address at the American G.I. Forum, Chicago, Illinois
The contributions made to this country by Spanish-derived culture through the ages are incalculable.
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Speech in Chicago
Tags Share However wise our efforts may be in unconventional diplomacy and unconventional warfare, however sensible our diversity of weapons and strategy, however great our military power and determined our counteroffensive of ideas, there is yet another obstacle to our opening to the future. That is the image of the future we project by our…
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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. It assumes that people, and nations will often think differently, have the full right to do so, and that diversity is the source of progress
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