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The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.


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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
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Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries.
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Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.


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In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.


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Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.


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