It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
More Quotes from Adlai Ewing Stevenson:
I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation from which the entire sphere of the sky can be seen. Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.Adlai Ewing Stevenson
During his 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Mr. Stevenson 'Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person' Stevenson called back 'That's not enough, madam, we need a majority'
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Of Eleanor Roosevelt She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
We resent a philosophy of government that tells fairy tales in November and ghost stories in January.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
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