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 quotations from Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

—Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

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.

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

—Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

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.

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.

History

14 Apr 2017 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

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.