Adlai Stevenson Quotes


47 quotes:

"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Wisdom Quotes
"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often become the height of wisdom in another"
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Wisdom Quotes
"We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Understanding Quotes
"You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Truth Quotes
"I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Speakers And Speaking Quotes
"Some people approach every problem with an open mouth."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Speakers And Speaking Quotes Vice President Quotes
"I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Speakers And Speaking Quotes
"The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Speakers And Speaking Quotes
"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Society Quotes
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular"
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Society Quotes
"The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Society Quotes
"We live in a time when automation is ushering in a second industrial revolution"
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Revolution Quotes
"All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Progress Quotes
"It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Principles Quotes
"What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Patriotism Quotes
"Nature is neutral."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Nature Quotes
"The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty"
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Mother Quotes
"You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Man Quotes
"It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts"
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Life Quotes
"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."
Author: Stevenson Quotes Category: Language Quotes Words Quotes

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