Respect for intellectual excellence, the restoration of vigor and discipline to our ideas of study, curricula which aim at strengthening intellectual fiber and stretching the power of young minds, personal commitment and responsibility - these are th

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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Nature is neutral.

Nature is neutral.

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...

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to...

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to...