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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."

“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

All Quotes by Adlai E. Stevenson

“A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Beauty

“After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

“Making peace is harder than making war.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace

“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Cool

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Forgiveness

“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

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Money

“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

“An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Politics

“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.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Truth

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Truth

“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Alone

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Alone

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

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Funny

“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

“Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Faith

“Nature is neutral.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Nature

“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

“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

“Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Change