“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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I have been thinking that I would
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: politics
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That which seems the height of absurdity
“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: wisdom
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Public confidence in the integrity of the
“Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: government
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After four years at the United Nations
“After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins
“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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An Independent is someone who wants to
“An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Communism is the death of the soul.
“Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity – in short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: death
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Every age needs men who will redeem
“Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: age
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I believe that if we really want
“I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Peace is the one condition of survival
“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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Category: age
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