Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
ADLAI STEVENSON IIPreserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
More Adlai Stevenson II Quotes
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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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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I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends.
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To have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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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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There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied..
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But a newspaper can always print a retraction.
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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
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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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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity
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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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A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality.
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