Harold Stassen quotes
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“There will be selfishness and greed and corruption and narrowness and intolerance in the world tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow. But pray God we may have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal.”
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“I dont care to be involved in the crash-landing unless I can be in on the take-off.”
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“Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare of all. But if it gets out of place, if it gets too big and out of control, it destroys the happiness and even the lives of the people.”
-- Harold StassenSource : Harold Edward Stassen (1951). “Man was Meant to be Free: Selected Statements, 1940-1951”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
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“Whoever kindles the flames of intolerance in America is lighting a fire underneath his own home.”
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Source : Aimee Semple McPherson (2009). “This is That: Personal Experiences Sermons and Writings of Aimee Semple McPherson”, p.573, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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