Adlai Stevenson 1 Quotes & Sayings

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them. — Adlai E. Stevenson II

Laws are never as effective as habits. — Adlai E. Stevenson

When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too. — William Sanderson

He who slings mud generally loses ground. — Adlai E. Stevenson

Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like General Eisenhower. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging. — Russell Baker

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

To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge. — Adlai Stevenson

In quiet places, reason abounds. — Adlai E. Stevenson II

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste. — Adlai Stevenson I

The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff. — Adlai Stevenson

It is often easier to fight for one's principles than it is to live up to them. — Adlai E. Stevenson II

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. — Adlai Stevenson I

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. — Adlai E. Stevenson

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. — Adlai E. Stevenson

Even before I could vote, I was involved in the political arena. My father was an admirer of Adlai Stevenson, and he took me to the Stevenson for President headquarters, and he volunteered me. That was my introduction to electoral politics, which was exciting and fun and thrilling and very theatrical. — George Takei

Someone asked me ... how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell
Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh. — Adlai E. Stevenson II

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. — Adlai E. Stevenson

We have confused the free with the free and easy. — Adlai E. Stevenson

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. — Adlai E. Stevenson

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. — Adlai E. Stevenson

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table. — Adlai E. Stevenson

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly. — Adlai E. Stevenson

There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots. One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power. — J. William Fulbright

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 E. Stevenson

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

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket. — 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 II

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations. — Adlai Stevenson

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. — Adlai E. Stevenson

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