The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAccuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.
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That you can gather votes like box tops
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity
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It is not even a protection if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
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Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
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