Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
fist freedom mind patriotism strike subtlety ugly
To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old an ugly subtlety
dangerous freedom security
Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous
freedom confused easy
We have confused the free with the free and easy.
dream freedom mean
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
mother freedom liberty
The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.
freedom opinion clash
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
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.
freedom patriotic independent
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
dig grave starry wide
Under the wide and starry sky. Dig the grave and let me lie.
advice avoid careful counsel damages following giving ought
We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.
cannot generally man until wall
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
lies telling truth
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
concerned country developing extent press
I am considerably concerned when I see the extent to which we are developing a one-party press in a two-party country