A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)

When you leave here, don't forget why you came. ( to college graduates)

We mean by ''politics'' the people's business - the most important business there is.

We mean by ''politics'' the people's business - the most important business there is.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

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...

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of...

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of...

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...

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.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can...

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can...

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth

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...

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...

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the...

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the...

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair...

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must...

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must...

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,...

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,...

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,...

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.