He who slings mud generally loses ground.
ADLAI STEVENSON IITo act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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We must not, in opening our schools to everyone
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And when we lose faith in the system
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There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
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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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We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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Freedom is not an ideal
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The guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers,
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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
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The university is the archive of the Western mind, it’s the keeper of the Western culture, …
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There is a New America every morning when we wake up.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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