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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains

Adlai Stevenson II

But a newspaper can always print a retraction.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man – not a color.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Chaff Editor Man Newspaper Print Separate. Chaff Wheat
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Certain Faith May Path Spread True
On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Anand Thakur
In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Committed Making Short Tyranny Universal
Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Day Friend Good Last Short Spring
Nature is neutral.
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Change Nature Neutral
That you can gather votes like box tops
ADLAI STEVENSON II

Box Gather Like Top Vote

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