Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes, War Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

Not to destroy but to construct, I hold the unconquerable belief that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war that nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.

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

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

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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

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Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol.

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The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations–great or small–to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.

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The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

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Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

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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.

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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

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

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Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

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

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