Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Adlai Stevenson II

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Adlai Stevenson II.
Last updated on December 6, 2024.
Adlai Stevenson II

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who was twice the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. He was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.
Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source.
The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.
Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. — © Adlai Stevenson II
A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.
With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?
We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. — © Adlai Stevenson II
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States.
The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff.
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
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