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 IIWhen 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 IIThat nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIWhat a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIFreedom rings where opinions clash.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIYou can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThere is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
ADLAI STEVENSON IIA beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal
ADLAI STEVENSON IINot to destroy but to construct
ADLAI STEVENSON IIOn 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 IIThe boldness to face them, face them square.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThe ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.
ADLAI STEVENSON IITo act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIThere was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIYou will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.
ADLAI STEVENSON IISomeone 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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