Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
ADLAI STEVENSON IEggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.
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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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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
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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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Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses…
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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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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
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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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