Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Political Quotes

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

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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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Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

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He who slings mud generally loses ground.

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

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

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Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.

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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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The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

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There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.

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Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

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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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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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