That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe boldness to face them, face them square.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
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There is a New America every morning when we wake up.
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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
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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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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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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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Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
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And this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
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The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.
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Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
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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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