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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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that...

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - 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...

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under...

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under...

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

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...

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

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

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never...

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...

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...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you...

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...

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...

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...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a...

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that...

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.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...