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From the October 2006 American Speaker issue:
Seasonal Sayings
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Tuesday, October 24th: United Nations Day
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
– Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-65), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1958
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Tuesday, November 7th: Election Day
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
– Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States
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Saturday, November 11th: Veterans Day (USA)
“Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking [and] now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.”
— President Ronald Reagan (referring to Vietnam veterans in his 1984 Veterans Day address)
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