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

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

Topics: Society Quotes

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air...

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.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man...

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...

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the...

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the...

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...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

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...

The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.

The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to...

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America 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.

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...

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.

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...

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)

When you graduate from high school, you also graduate from wearing a letterman jacket...forever.

When you graduate from high school, you also graduate from wearing a letterman jacket...forever.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...