Adlai Stevenson Ii Quotes

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them

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

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

Someone heard Stevenson’s impressive speech and said, “Every thinking person in America will be voting for you.” Stevenson replied, “I’m afraid that won’t do—I need a majority.