Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
ADLAI STEVENSON ISelf-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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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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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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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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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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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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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
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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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Men may be born free
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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