Adlai Stevenson Quotes

A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you. Adlai Stevenson

In America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take. Adlai Stevenson

A free society is a place where it’s safe to be unpopular. Adlai Stevenson

Flattery is all right – if you don’t inhale. Adlai Stevenson

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. Adlai Stevenson

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity – in short, of tyranny- and it is committed to making tyranny universal. Adlai Stevenson

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice. Adlai Stevenson

Laws are never as effective as habits. Adlai Stevenson

The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams. Adlai Stevenson

Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy; but good administration can never save bad policy. Adlai Stevenson

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. Adlai Stevenson

A hungry man is not a free man. Adlai Stevenson

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? Adlai Stevenson

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. Adlai Stevenson

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention. Adlai Stevenson

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. Adlai Stevenson