“In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.” — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum." (Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. — 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 Image
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 Image
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.” — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
