Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 February 1900
CountryUnited States of America
men vision age
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
future understanding vision
We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
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.
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To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old an ugly subtlety
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
behind guilty head rather talking
I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
dangerous freedom security
Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous
candles curse darkness glow light rather
She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
gains talk
Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.
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Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
absurdity generation height seems wisdom
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often become the height of wisdom in another