Quotes by Adlai Stevenson

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.

During his 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Mr. Stevenson "Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!" Stevenson called back "That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!"

It is often easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.