In quiet places, reason abounds

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

Topics: Reason Quotes

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...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now...

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now...

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...

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when...

In youth, everything seems possible; but we reach a point in the middle years when...

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the...

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the...

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...

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...