Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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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.

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...

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...

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.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

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...

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

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

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes...

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes...

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...

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

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

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

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...

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...

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty...

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty...

Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the...

Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the...

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...

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...

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...