Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
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In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.
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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.
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The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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The relationship of the toastmaster to the 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.
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The most American thing about America is the free common school system