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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

Adlai Stevenson I

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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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.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Alone Appeal Being Strong Ground Ideal Lying Our Providing Stockpile Strength Struggling
Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Avoided Haste Many Patience Precipitated Reckless War
An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Abomination Dishonesty Helping Lord Lying Trouble
Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Apathy Better Indifference Often Right Servant Serve
Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Brave Contended Dread Last Man Resort Tribunal Valor War
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation from which the entire sphere of the sky can be seen.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Carelessness Dangerous Freedom Liberty Prison Security
The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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