My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: politics freedom society safety popularity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: America Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: America Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us-what convictions, what courage, what faith-win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principal can. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: belief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: ignorance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Tags: language Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. —Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email