Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft. ADLAI STEVENSON II AnnihilationCareFragileLovePreservedWork
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends. ADLAI STEVENSON II FriendsFunnyPropositionThinkingTruth
It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. ADLAI STEVENSON II AttentionCoverEffectMakingParticularSubject
Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. ADLAI STEVENSON II ChaffEditorManNewspaperPrintSeparate. ChaffWheat
Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale. ADLAI STEVENSON II FlatteryHumilityInhaleLongRight
A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you. ADLAI STEVENSON II BeautyCharmerNoticeWomanYou
Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. ADLAI STEVENSON II CountryIndifferentNatureSpeciesSurvival
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 II AirBreathDrawFreedomGreatInnerLightMountainRespectSeaSelf
Great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century. ADLAI STEVENSON II AttendedCenturyGreatSmallTwentiethVoteWeight
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad. ADLAI STEVENSON II CharacterIntegrityMadMakeManPatienceSize
Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job. ADLAI STEVENSON II BetterChangeFullInevitableJobTime Job
We must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. ADLAI STEVENSON II CertainFaithMayPathSpreadTrue
There is…a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied.. ADLAI STEVENSON II CarHungerSatisfySoulSpiritualTodayWorld
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. ADLAI STEVENSON II DefinitionFreeFreedomIndependentPatrioticSocietyUnpopular
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age. ADLAI STEVENSON II AgeConditionNuclearOnePeaceSurvival
The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end. ADLAI STEVENSON II BeginningEndPoliticalPoliticsRevolutionStopTime
So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. ADLAI STEVENSON II NeglectneverPeaceReachSmallWithinWork
Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice. ADLAI STEVENSON II CommunismCorruptionDreamGovernmentJustice
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. ADLAI STEVENSON II ConventionFourLearnPeacePoliticalSometimesTranquilityUnited NationsYear
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 II Abraham LincolnAskedBoyDarkFellowFeltHurtRemindedSomeoneStoryTownsmanUsed
