Adlai E. Stevenson

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

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

Your days are short here this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

The relationship of the toastmaster to 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.

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

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.

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.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Making peace is harder than making war.

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

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.

Nature is neutral.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

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

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

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

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