Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Adlai E. Stevenson
Short
Making
Conformity
Death
Communism
Soul
Tyranny
Total
Committed
Organization
Universal
More quotes by 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
Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
Adlai E. Stevenson
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
Adlai E. Stevenson
On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
Adlai E. Stevenson
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
Adlai E. Stevenson
I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
Adlai E. Stevenson
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
Adlai E. Stevenson
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
Adlai E. Stevenson
I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
Adlai E. Stevenson
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Adlai E. Stevenson
The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
Adlai E. Stevenson
There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
Adlai E. Stevenson
I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Not to destroy but to construct, I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war that nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.
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
A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.
Adlai E. Stevenson