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Adlai Stevenson

Born: February 5, 1900

Died: July 14, 1965

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Biography: Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and statesman, noted for his skill in debate and oratory; Governor of Illinois, he was twice an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States running against Dwight D. Eisenhower. Under the John F. Kennedy administration, he served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

Adlai Stevenson

“If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”

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“In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.”

- Adlai Stevenson

Source/Notes: The Stevenson wit (1966 edition)
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“In quiet places, reason abounds.”

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“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”

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“Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.”

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“Making peace is harder than making war.”

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“Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.”

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

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“Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.”

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“On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.”

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“On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.”

- Adlai Stevenson

Source/Notes: Man of Honnor Man of Peace (1965 edition)
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“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

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“Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.”

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“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.”

- Adlai Stevenson

Source/Notes: Call to greatness (1962 edition)
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