I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Politics Quotes

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

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

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

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

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.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the...

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the...

In quiet places, reason abounds

In quiet places, reason abounds

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

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...

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...

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

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

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great...

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great...

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...

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...

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...