Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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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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It is an ancient political vehicle, held together by soft soap and hunger and with front-seat drivers and back-seat drivers contradicting each other in a bedlam of voices, shouting ""go right"" and ""go left"" at the same time.
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You are in the courtroom of world opinion. You have denied they exist, and I want to know if I understood you correctly. I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over. And I am also prepared to present the evidence in this room!
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often become the height of wisdom in another
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If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
business politics
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.
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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
politics
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
life
It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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You know, you really can't beat a household commodity-the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.