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Adlai E. Stevenson
February 5, 1900 - July 14, 1965
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.

   

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

   

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

   

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

   

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

   

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

   

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

   

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

   

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

   

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

   

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

   

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

   

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

   

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

   

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