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Adlai E. Stevenson, the American politician, was a two-time Democratic presidential candidate known for his intellect, wit, and progressive ideals. As Governor of Illinois and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Stevenson earned a reputation as a thoughtful statesman and advocate for international cooperation. His eloquent speeches and principled leadership continue to inspire generations of Americans, embodying the values of integrity, diplomacy, and public service.
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"Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job."

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"Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard."

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"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."

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

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"I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance."

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"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."

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"Freedom rings where opinions clash."

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"I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school."

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

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

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

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"There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms."

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"Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age."

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

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"Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you."

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

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"Nature is neutral."

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"The human race has improved everything, but the human race."

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

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"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."

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

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"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop."

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

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"We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft."

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"What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable."

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

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"Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."

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"The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end."

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"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular."

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"We mean by "politics" the people's business - the most important business there is."

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"Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation."

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"On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"In quiet places, reason abounds."

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"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."

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"Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff."

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"A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you."

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

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

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

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"Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse."

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"Some people approach every problem with an open mouth."

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"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."

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"Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States."

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"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth."

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"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."

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"Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate."

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

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