Adlai Stevenson II quotes - page 6

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 Stevenson II)
To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. View quote
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. View quote
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop. View quote
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I do not believe it is man's destiny to compress this once boundless earth into a small neighborhood, the better to destroy it. View quote
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I think that one of our most important tasks is to convince others that there's nothing to fear in difference; that difference, in fact, is one of the healthiest and most invigorating of human characteristics without which life would become meaningless. View quote
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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. View quote
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Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul. View quote
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What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. View quote
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The whole notion of loyalty inquisitions is a national characteristic of the police state, not of democracy. View quote
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I believe in the infinite wisdom that envelops and embraces me and from which I take direction, purpose, strength. (Adlai Stevenson II)
The really basic thing in government is policy. Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy. View quote
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. View quote
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The strange alchemy of time has somehow converted the Democrats into the truly conservative party of this country - the party dedicated to conserving all that is best, and building solidly and safely on these foundations. View quote
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The early years of the United Nations have been difficult ones, but what did we expect? That peace would drift down from the skies like soft snow? That there would be no ordeal, no anguish, no testing, in this greatest of all human undertakings? Any great institution or idea must suffer its pains of birth and growth. View quote
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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. View quote
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We must not burn down the house to kill the rats. View quote
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The knowledge he has acquired with age is not the knowledge of formulas, or forms of words, but of people, places, actions - a knowledge not gained by words but by touch, sight, sound, victories, failures, sleeplessness, devotion, love - the human experiences and emotions of this earth and of oneself and other men; and perhaps, too, a little faith, and a little reverence for things you cannot see. View quote
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It was always accounted a virtue in a man to love his country. With us it is now something more than a virtue. It is a necessity. View quote
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He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect. View quote
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Religious experience is highly intimate and, for me, ready words are not at hand. (Adlai Stevenson II)
We talk a great deal about patriotism. What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? View quote
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Every man has a right to be heard; but no man has the right to strangle democracy with a single set of vocal cords. View quote
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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. View quote
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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. View quote
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