Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
ADLAI STEVENSON IEggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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Men may be born free
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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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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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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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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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