A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
ADLAI STEVENSON IHere, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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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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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
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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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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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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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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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