Famous Quotes / Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
19 Quotations by Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
- 1. A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
- 2. I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
- 3. I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe a ...
- 4. I don't mind a little praise - as long as it's fulsome.
- 5. I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will s ...
- 6. If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. Th ...
- 7. In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
- 8. In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.
- 9. It is often easier to fight for one's principles that to live up to them.
- 10. Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains withou ...
- 11. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- 12. My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
- 13. Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotion, but is the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifeti ...
- 14. Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and whe ...
- 15. The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have t ...
- 16. There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
- 17. Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.
- 18. What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a ...
- 19. Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.