Author: Adlai E. Stevenson

Quotes

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

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.

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.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

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

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

- Adlai E. Stevenson

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

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