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.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

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.

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

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.

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.

True Patriotism, it seems to me, is based on tolerance and a large measure of humility.

Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.

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

America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.

In quiet places, reason abounds.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

A hungry man is not a free man.