Adlai E. Stevenson

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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In quiet places, reason abounds. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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