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ADLAI STEVENSON IHere brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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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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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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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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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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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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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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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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The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
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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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