Adlai Stevenson Quotes
An American politician, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent oratory, and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party.
(1900 - 1965)
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
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A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.
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A hungry man is not a free man.
[Food]
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A hypocrite 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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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.
[Accuracy]
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.
[America]
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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An independent is a guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
[Politics]
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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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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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
[Greatness]
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
[Forgiveness]
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