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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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...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

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

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

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...

In quiet places, reason abounds.

In quiet places, reason abounds.

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

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

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.

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.

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then...