26 Quotes & Sayings By Adlai E Stevenson

Adlai Ewing Stevenson was a lawyer, a successful businessman, and a Democratic Party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served as governor of Illinois from January 13, 1953 to January 15, 1959. In 1952 he was the Democratic candidate for president, running against incumbent President Harry S. Truman Read more

Stevenson lost the election with 43% of the popular vote to Truman's 56%.

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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. Adlai E. Stevenson
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came. Adlai E. Stevenson
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If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you. Adlai E. Stevenson
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A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you. Adlai E. Stevenson
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I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. Adlai E. Stevenson
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An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. Adlai E. Stevenson
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms. Adlai E. Stevenson
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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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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. Adlai E. Stevenson
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Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job. Adlai E. Stevenson
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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai E. Stevenson
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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai E. Stevenson
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Freedom rings where opinions clash. Adlai E. Stevenson
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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present. Adlai E. Stevenson