Adlai E. Stevenson II Quotes

• Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

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• An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.

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• As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

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• An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

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• After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

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• All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

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• Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

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• A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

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• He who slings mud generally loses ground.

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• A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

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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.

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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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• Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

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

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• The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

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• The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

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• The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

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• The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal – that you can gather votes like box tops – is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

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Adlai E. Stevenson II (109)

Birth:	5th February, 1900
Death:	14th July, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 even though he had not campaigned in the primaries.

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