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Letter "A" » Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
«As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Citizenship,
Democracy
| Keywords:
abiding, citizens, givers, law-abiding, ruled, rulers, rule of law, The Rule of Law
«Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Patriotism
| Keywords:
dedication, frenzied, outburst, outbursts, patriotism, steady, tranquil
«What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
fifty, for the most part, twenty
«In quiet places, reason abounds»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Reason
| Keywords:
abounded, abounding, abounding in, abounding with, abounds, abound in, places, quiet
«The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Beginning
| Keywords:
leagues, neglect
«The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
campaign, campaigned, campaigning, campaigns, campaign of, hardest, political, political campaign, proving, unworthy, unworthy of, winning
«He who slings mud generally loses ground.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
generally, ground, loses, mud, slings, slung
«The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Society
| Keywords:
definition, unpopular
«When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
filled, flourish, flourished, patriots, strife, The Patriot
«He is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| Keywords:
conservation, cut, cut down, mount, mounting, mounts, mount up, politician, redwood, redwoods, stump, stumps
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