All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under...

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under...

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

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

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

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

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

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

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...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that...

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

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.

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.