We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

Quote by Adlai E Stevenson

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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it...

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...

Nature is neutral.

Nature is neutral.

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...

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.

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...

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...

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which...

We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which...

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be...

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United...

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United...

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

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...

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...

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

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...

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...

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...

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...