Adlai E. Stevenson II Quotes

• I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

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  Tags in Politicians, Experienced, Proving

• A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

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  Tags in Woman, Notice

• I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forth-rightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.

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• Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

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  Tags in Man, Word, Despite

• The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

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  Tags in Opinion, Music

• We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source.

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  Topics in Country

  Tags in Spirit, Stronger, Policy

• Saskatchewan is much like Texas – except it’s more friendly to the United States.

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  Tags in Friendly, United States

• I remember my father telling me the story of the preacher delivering an exhortation to his flock, and as he reached the climax of his exhortation, a man in the front row got up and said, ‘O Lord, use me. Use me, O Lord – in an advisory capacity!’

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  Tags in Remember, Delivering

• The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.

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  Tags in Dealer, Car, Washington

• Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

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• Laws are never as effective as habits.

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• It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

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• Flattery is all right – if you don’t inhale.

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• The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

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  Tags in Speakers and Speeches

• It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

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• In quiet places, reason abounds.

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

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• Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

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

  Adlai E. Stevenson II

• I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

  Adlai E. Stevenson II

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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