John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
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We shall need compromises in the days ahead, to be sure. But these will be, or should be, compromises of issues, not principles. We can compromise our political positions, but not ourselves. We can resolve the clash of interests without conceding our ideals. And even the necessity for the right kind of compromise does not eliminate the need for those idealists and reformers who keep our compromises moving ahead, who prevent all political situations from meeting the description supplied by Shaw: ""smirched with compromise, rotted with opportunism, mildewed by expedience, stretched out of shape with wirepulling and putrefied with permeation.""Compromise need not mean cowardice. ...
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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
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It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights - even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down
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As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats
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There's an old saying that victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan
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Argentina are a mighty strong nation in men's tennis. It's a tough ask but a good challenge.
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He wants to play, that's genuine. His record speaks for itself. I don't know if there has been a player in the modern game in Australia who has played as much as him -- I would assume that his record in terms of playing and being available is better than anybody.