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

Adlai Stevenson I

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

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

Anand Thakur
Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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

Anand Thakur
Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Candor Confession Criticism Dearest Democracy Good Political Self Soul Weapon
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
A wise man does not try to hurry history.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
[I]t is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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

Abomination Dishonesty Helping Lord Lying Trouble
Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Carpe Diem Communist Lose Manifesto Uniting Yolk
The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Climate Fear Insightful Patriotic Repression Right Tragedy
A man doesn’t save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Century Civilization Man Party Save
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

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