That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIAccuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.
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We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
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That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
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The dwelling place of the free mind.
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A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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We have confused the free with the free and easy.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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