A wise man does not try to hurry history.
ADLAI STEVENSON IEggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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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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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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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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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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