Adlai Stevenson II Quotes

She thought of herself as an ugly duckling, but she walked in beauty in the ghettos of the world, bringing with her the reminder of her beloved St. Francis, "It is in the giving that we receive." And wherever she walked beauty was forever there.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... But, strangely enough, my friends, this road has been a lonely road because I never meet anybody coming the other way.

The Republicans have a "me too" candidate running on a "yes but" platform, advised by a "has been" staff.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

"Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke"; but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march."

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.

Well, speaking as a Christian, I would like to say that I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the Apostle Peale appalling.

Many of the world’s troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution—the revolution of rising expectations. In Asia, the masses now count for something. Tomorrow, they will count for more. And, for better or for worse, the future belongs to those who understand the hopes and fears of masses in ferment. The new nations want independence, including the inalienable able right to make their own mistakes. The people want respect—and something to eat every day. And they want something better for their children.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

Some war hero is always getting in my way.