Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes

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

Adlai E. Stevenson

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

Adlai E. Stevenson

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Adlai E. Stevenson

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Adlai E. Stevenson

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: Protocol, Geritol, and alcohol.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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

Adlai E. Stevenson

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when we realize that we are never going to reach all the shining goals we had set for ourselves, with what grace we can, to living with our ulcers and arthritis, our sense

Adlai E. Stevenson

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Adlai E. Stevenson

A hungry man is not a free man.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Adlai E. Stevenson

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

Adlai E. Stevenson

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

Adlai E. Stevenson
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