Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
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Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
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The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
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In quiet places, reason abounds.
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I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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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.
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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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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
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Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.
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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.
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Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
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A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
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Nature is neutral.
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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
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The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.
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A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
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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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The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
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On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.