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1900–1965 United States
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (5 February 1900 – 14 July 1965) was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and oratory; Governor of Illinois, he was twice an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States running against Dwight D. Eisenhower (in 1952 and 1956).
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
Moreover, cats perform useful service, particularly in rural areas, in combating rodents — work they necessarily perform alone and without regard for property lines.
Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke"; but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march."
What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us — what convictions, what courage, what faith — win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
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.
Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson (1952)
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
Some war hero is always getting in my way.
The dedication of a lifetime — these are words that are easy to utter, but this is a mighty assignment. For it is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)
There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man — not a color.
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.
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?
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.
Bartlett's Unfamiliar Quotations (1971)
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.
We talk a great deal about patriotism. What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times?
I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.
Well, speaking as a Christian, I would like to say that I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the Apostle Peale appalling.
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