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.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

In quiet places, reason abounds

In quiet places, reason abounds

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study,...

Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study,...

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a...

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a...

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

Making peace is harder than making war.

Making peace is harder than making war.

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

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

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

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

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

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

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

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

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be...

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be...