He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect. (Adlai Stevenson II)

He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

Adlai Stevenson II

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