Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
ADLAI STEVENSON IOur 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.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
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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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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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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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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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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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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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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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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Men may be born free
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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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