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

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for...

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for...

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...

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that...

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that...

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

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 -...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

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.

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

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

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...

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 travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.