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What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.

Conflict Discrimination Full Fundamental
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

Conviction Discontent Enough Importance
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Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

Act Cannot Ceases Essence
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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.

Constitution Denies Different Embodied
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

Always Been Come Compel
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A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Based Ethics Good Held
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Some men say that they should be satisfied with the abolition of untouchability only, leaving the caste system alone. The aim of abolition of untouchability alone without trying to abolish the inequalities inherent in the caste system is a rather low aim.

Abolish Abolition Aim Alone
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Religion and slavery are incompatible.
Incompatible Religion Slavery
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.

Consider Essential Foundation Hold
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

Base Cannot Democracy Does
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An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared.

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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.

Associated Attitude Democracy Essentially
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.

Bad Constitution Good However
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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.

America Belief Believe Between
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What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

America Good People Promise
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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Afternoon Better Blankets Cookies
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

Better Every Game Going
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I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.

Become Intended Never Person
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

Debate Decision Guide Must
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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

Cannot Destiny Down Find
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I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.

Because Believe Cannot Capacity
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

America Citizens Deserve Expect
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

Community Future National Our
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.

Democratic History Looked Many
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.

Beliefs Concept Conscience Deeply
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We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

Achieve Adapt Better Change
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

American Cannot Country Discarded
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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.

Beliefs Could Democratic Enough
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Even as I stand here and admit that we have made mistakes I still believe that as the people of America sit in judgment on each party, they will recognize that our mistakes were mistakes of the heart. They'll recognize that.

Admit America Believe Each
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

American Bind Common Heed
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

Address Become Belief Common
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There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

American Community Decision Executive
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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

Common Each Formed Good
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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

Each Future Government Nation
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

American Citizen Each Going
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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.

Balance Belief Between Everything
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I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.
Community Confidence Form Kind
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
Define Imperative Right
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
Both Economic Education Empowerment
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We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Beyond Control Exchange Excuse
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Accept Beings Clear Different
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There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

Cannot Cure Groups Hard
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You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

Because Become Brain Fail
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Everybody Gifts Goal Good
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

Dreams Faith God Hard
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

Both Choose Evolution Faith
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What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.

Got Law Lawyers Learn
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

Being Concentrate Disagree Forget
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Even if you're Bill Gates, you've got problems. I'm sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.

Bill Billion Dollars Easily
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We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

Concerned Entire Health Individual
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