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. Adlai E. Stevenson on peace
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age. Adlai E. Stevenson on peace
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. Adlai E. Stevenson on peace
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. Adlai E. Stevenson on peace
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
I'm 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. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
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. Adlai E. Stevenson on relationship
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai E. Stevenson on society
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. Adlai E. Stevenson on travel
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai E. Stevenson on truth
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. Adlai E. Stevenson on truth
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai E. Stevenson on truth