“ There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. ”
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“ What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us-what convictions, what courage, what faith-win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principal can. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul ”
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“ My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. ”
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“ If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. ”
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“ If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson II- Copy
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“ I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson II- Copy
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“ The human race has improved everything, but the human race. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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“ Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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“ Golf is a fine relief from the tensions of office, but we are a little tired of holding the bag. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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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. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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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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“ On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. ”
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“ I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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“ On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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“ I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.- Copy
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“ The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations — great or small — to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century. ”
- Adlai E. Stevenson- Copy
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