Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIGreat or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
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All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.
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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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All committed, for our safety, to its security and peace.
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A hungry man is not a free man.
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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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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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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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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.
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Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
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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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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady
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