The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who has seen a circus parade knows, proceeds best by grasping the tail of its predecessor.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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

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

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,...

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

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...

In quiet places, reason abounds.

In quiet places, reason abounds.

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

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

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an...

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...

Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas- except it's more friendly to the United States.

Making peace is harder than making war.

Making peace is harder than making war.

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...

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

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

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

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the...

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...

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.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

A hungry man is not a free man.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...

Hunger is the best cook

Hunger is the best cook

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only...