Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
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What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These are social and political faiths that are part of me, as they are, I suppose, part of all of us. Such beliefs are easy to express. But part of me too is
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He is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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I am considerably concerned when I see the extent to which we are developing a one-party press in a two-party country
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous
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Under the wide and starry sky. Dig the grave and let me lie.
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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.
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To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old an ugly subtlety
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She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
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Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.
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I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
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Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed and is placing medium - and intermediate - range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no? Don't wait for the translation. Yes or no?
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We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.
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A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
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A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.