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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.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.

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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!"

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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It is often easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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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.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
 
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

Adlai Stevenson (1900 - 1965)
Source: Quoting John Stuart Mill
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