Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
integrity fighting government
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.
revolution ends
The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
school equality should-have
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
teacher dwelling-place mind
The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers, ... the dwelling place of the free mind.
light darkness kind
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
freedom confused easy
We have confused the free with the free and easy.
running thinking political
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.
journalism sometimes live-by
Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
race civilization humans
The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
organization soul conformity
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.
inspirational sarcastic sarcasm
Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
ignorance prejudice stubborn
Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
freedom opinion clash
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
peace survival age
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.