Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
men tests circumstances
To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
Not enough, ... I'm going to need a majority.
flattery inhale
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale
fist freedom mind patriotism strike subtlety ugly
To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old an ugly subtlety
committed communism conformity death total tyranny
Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.
ambassador deny medium missiles placed placing range sites ussr wait yes
Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed and is placing medium - and intermediate - range missiles and sites in Cuba? Yes or no? Don't wait for the translation. Yes or no?
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.
attended basis nations twentieth united
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.
free safe society
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
life three
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.
compose men society women
A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it.
help lie present time trouble unto
A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, but a very present help in time of trouble
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
dangerous freedom security
Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous