A wise man does not try to hurry history.
ADLAI STEVENSON IYour public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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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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Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
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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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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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