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 journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to...

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to...

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

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

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

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

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

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...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied...

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 -...

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...

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

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.

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

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