Adlai Stevenson Quotes
+36My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
- Adlai Stevenson
+3If they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Patriotism… is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo?
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Man is a strange animal, he doesn’t like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1A diplomat’s life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1In America any boy may become President and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.
- Adlai Stevenson
+1When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.
- Adlai Stevenson
-1Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- Adlai Stevenson
