the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIYou can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal
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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.
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The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
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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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Great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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That you can gather votes like box tops
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She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
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The dwelling place of the free mind.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled
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Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane
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You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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