Quotes by Adlai Stevenson

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.

We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. We cannot maintain it half fortunate, half miserable, half confident, half despairing, half slave—to the ancient enemies of man—half free in a liberation of resources undreamed of until this day. No craft, no crew can travel safely with such vast contradictions. On their resolution depends the survival of us all.

I remember my father telling me the story of the preacher delivering an exhortation to his flock and as he reached the climax of his exhortation a man in the front row got up and said O Lord use me. Use me O Lord - in an advisory capacity!

No gains without pains.

Lets talk sense to the American people. Lets tell them the truth that there are no gains without pains.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except its more friendly to the United States.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

The human race has improved everything except the human race.

A hungry man is not a free man.

It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

It seems to me that government is like a pump and what it pumps up is just what we are a fair sample of the intellect the ethics and the morals of the people no better no worse.

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

Laws are never as effective as habits.

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

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

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

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

If the pursuit of peace is both old and new it is also both complicated and simple. It is complicated for it has to do with people and nothing in this universe baffles man as much as man himself.

I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done but I have done my best frankly and forth-rightly no man can do more and you are entitled to no less.

Im not an old experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.