Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
ADLAI STEVENSON ICarelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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A wise man does not try to hurry history.
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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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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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Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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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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[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.
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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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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