We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world. ” — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
“In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.” — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is,… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share
