73 Quotes by Adlai Stevenson

Speaking as a Christian, I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the apostle Peale appalling.

Selling the presidency like cereal! How can you talk seriously about issues with half-minute spots?

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation.

But the Wisconsin tradition meant more than a simple belief in the people. It also meant a faith in the application of intelligence and reason to the problems of society. It meant a deep conviction that the role of government was not to stumble along like a drunkard in the dark, but to light its way by the best torches of knowledge and understanding it could find.

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes!

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.