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Adlai E. Stevenson

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Details about Adlai E. Stevenson's life are scarce, but their observations have traveled far and wide. Their thinking spans from Politics to Peace, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Browse 41 quotes by Adlai E. Stevenson that cover ground from Politics, Peace, Truth, Nature, and Faith. One quote that captures their voice: "We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is."

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“Making peace is harder than making war.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

All Quotes by Adlai E. Stevenson

“We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Future

“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

“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.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Relationship

“Nature is neutral.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Nature

“It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Funny

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Forgiveness

“We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Money

“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.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Faith

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Alone

“Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Age

“Making peace is harder than making war.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Age

“Freedom rings where opinions clash.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Freedom

“If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Truth

“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

Politics

“Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Nature

“Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Beauty

“We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Business

“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Politics