Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON IPower corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIf we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
ADLAI STEVENSON IHere, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
ADLAI STEVENSON IThey cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
ADLAI STEVENSON IYour public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
ADLAI STEVENSON IPerhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
ADLAI STEVENSON IEggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
ADLAI STEVENSON IAn editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
ADLAI STEVENSON IThe sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
ADLAI STEVENSON ISome of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
ADLAI STEVENSON IWhy is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
ADLAI STEVENSON IThe tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
ADLAI STEVENSON ICarelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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.
ADLAI STEVENSON IThere must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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