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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a...

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a...

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

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...

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

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

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

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...

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...

Laws are never as effective as habits.

Laws are never as effective as habits.

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...

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...

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often...

Editors may think of themselves as dignified headwaiters in a well-run restaurant but more often...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...