Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
business law shops
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
years political four
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
politics mouths politician
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
political weight politics
The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.
inspirational funny motivational
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
responsibility thinking law
I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
relationship dancer effort
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
change jobs inevitable
Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
funny friends truth
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
thinking cereal election-process
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.
wisdom political generations
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
money business stupid
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
freedom-of-speech society flow
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
freedom men compassion
A hungry man is not a free man.