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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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.

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.

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 -...

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...

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

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 -...

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...

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes...

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes...

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...

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...

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...

In quiet places, reason abounds

In quiet places, reason abounds

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...

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 -...

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

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

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

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to...

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...