Adlai Stevenson II

Politician

1900-02-05 – 1965-07-14

Adlai Stevenson II was an American politician, diplomat, and former governor of Illinois.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson II

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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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.
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Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
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To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.
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I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
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Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States.
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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.
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A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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The patriots are those who love America enough to see her as a model to mankind.
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With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy; but good administration can never save bad policy.
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To escort a cat abroad on a leash is against the nature of a cat, and to permit it to venture forth for exercise unattended into a night of new dangers is against the nature of the owner.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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The essence of a republican government is not command. It is consent.
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Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Flattery is all right-if you don't inhale.
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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