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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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
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.
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Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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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
A hungry man is not a free man.
Adlai E. Stevenson
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
Adlai E. Stevenson
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.
Adlai E. Stevenson
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
Adlai E. Stevenson
You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
Adlai E. Stevenson
In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
Adlai E. Stevenson
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
Adlai E. Stevenson
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
Adlai E. Stevenson
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