Adlai E. Stevenson II Quotes

#1. A hungry man is not a free man.

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#2. You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

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#3. The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
(Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician)

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#4. It is often easier to fight for one's principles than it is to live up to them.

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#5. If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

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#6. All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

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#7. She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

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#8. Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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#9. I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

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#10. Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

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#11. Speaking as a Christian, I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the apostle Peale appalling.

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#12. It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

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#13. She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

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#14. In quiet places, reason abounds.

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#15. Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full time job.

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#16. Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

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#17. We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

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#18. My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

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#19. Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

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#20. 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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#21. I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them

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#22. In America, anybody can be president.
That's one of the risks you take.

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#23. What counts is not the years in your life but the life in your years.

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#24. The human race is a family. Men are brothers. All wars are civil wars.

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