Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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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.
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Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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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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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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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 wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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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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Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
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Men may be born free
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
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