Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Freedom rings where opinions clash.”

“I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.”

“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.”

“It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.”

“He who slings mud generally loses ground.”

“As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.”