American - Politician | October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914
I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.
Adlai Stevenson I
SchoolWantJailSendThem
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
PeacePoliticalSometimesTranquility
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
QualityEqualityChanceOpeningMust
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
LiveAloneWordsManSometimesEat
The relationship of the toastmaster to 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.
RelationshipEffortAttentionWithout
I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
LawThinkGiveTestimonyCourtMost
The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.
TimeBeginningRevolutionEndStop
I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
LifeFaithPathBelieveBrotherhood
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.
PoliticsSomeoneIndependentOutWho
I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way.
RoadLonelySometimesMeetWayTalk
He who slings mud generally loses ground.
MudGroundWhoHeLosesGenerally
A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.
BeautyWomanYouWhoNoticeNotices
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Adlai Stevenson I quotes