Education Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

— Adlai Stevenson I

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

— Adlai Stevenson I

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

— Adlai Stevenson I

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave…

— Adlai Stevenson I

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all…

— Adlai Stevenson I

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

— Adlai Stevenson I

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

— Adlai Stevenson I

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

— Adlai Stevenson I

I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation…

— Adlai Stevenson I

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the…

— Adlai Stevenson I

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

— Adlai Stevenson I