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Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.

Adlai Stevenson I

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
It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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
They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

Anand Thakur
A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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
An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
ADLAI STEVENSON I

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

Anand Thakur

Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.

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