Adlai E. Stevenson II Quotes

Adlai E. Stevenson II Quotes

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Speaking as a Christian, I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the apostle Peale appalling.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum."
(Adlai E. Stevenson, 1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician)

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