Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIt is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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Men may be born free
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
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Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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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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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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