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

Topics: Government Quotes

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

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

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

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...

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...

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.

Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study,...

Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study,...

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)

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the...

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

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.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

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...

When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.

When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the...

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the...

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

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.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

A week is a long time in politics.

A week is a long time in politics.

For a woman to get half as much credit as a man, she has to...

For a woman to get half as much credit as a man, she has to...