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 IIFlattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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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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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations
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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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By better cars on longer credit terms.
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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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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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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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In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
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Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil
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The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
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