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Adlai E. Stevenson

Adlai E. Stevenson

Adlai E. Stevenson föddes den 5 februar 1900 och dog den 14 juli 1965 - to the United Nations (1961-65).
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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.

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

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity-the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.

The general has dedicated himself so many times, he must feel like the cornerstone of a public building.

It is an ancient political vehicle, held together by soft soap and hunger and with front-seat drivers and back-seat drivers contradicting each other in a bedlam of voices, shouting "go right" and "go left" at the same time.

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when we realize that we are never going to reach all the shining goals we had set for ourselves, with what grace we can, to living with our ulcers and arthritis, our sense

The most American thing about America is the free common school system

We mean by ''politics'' the people's business - the most important business there is.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

the support of all thinking Americans.

Not enough, ... I'm going to need a majority.

You are in the courtroom of world opinion. You have denied they exist, and I want to know if I understood you correctly. I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over. And I am also prepared to present the evidence in this room!

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

We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.

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