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

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

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,...

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...

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.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty...

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

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...

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.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of...

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...

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from...

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from...

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...

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

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...

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

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

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.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No...

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.