Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
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Flattery is all right if you don't inhale
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The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams.
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A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, but a very present help in time of trouble
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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations--great or small--to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
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Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when we realize that we are never going to reach all the shining goals we had set for ourselves, with what grace we can, to living with our ulcers and arthritis, our sense
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In the long run, it is not the years in your life, but the life in your years that counts
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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
Not enough, ... I'm going to need a majority.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
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The general has dedicated himself so many times, he must feel like the cornerstone of a public building.
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Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.