Men may be born free
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.
More Adlai Stevenson I Quotes
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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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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.
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Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.
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The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.
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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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[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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They cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.
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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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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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Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
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Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
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Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.
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An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.
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