The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. — Adlai E. Stevenson Hardest thing Copy Share Image
I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never… — Adlai E. Stevenson Issues Copy Share Image
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone,… — Adlai E. Stevenson Chance Copy Share Image
Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There… — Adlai E. Stevenson Atoms Copy Share Image
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. — Adlai E. Stevenson Community Copy Share Image
To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. — Adlai E. Stevenson Circumstances Copy Share Image
It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts. — Adlai E. Stevenson Counts Copy Share Image
Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. — Adlai E. Stevenson Accuracy Copy Share Image
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state… — Adlai E. Stevenson Change 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 Free society Copy Share Image
Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them. — Adlai E. Stevenson Sometimes Copy Share Image
The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to… — Adlai E. Stevenson Century 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 Conventions Copy Share Image
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. — Adlai E. Stevenson Funny Copy Share Image
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. — Adlai E. Stevenson Absurdity Copy Share Image
I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must… — Adlai E. Stevenson Believe Copy Share Image
