The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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...

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of...

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of...

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.

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 -...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity...

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...

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.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.

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...

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

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

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.