Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. – Adlai E. Stevenson
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai E. Stevenson
The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. – Adlai E. Stevenson
I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way. – Adlai E. Stevenson
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop. – Adlai E. Stevenson
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. – Adlai E. Stevenson
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man-not a color. – Adlai E. Stevenson
I’m not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. – Adlai E. Stevenson
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. – Adlai E. Stevenson
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. – Adlai E. Stevenson
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai E. Stevenson
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. – Adlai E. Stevenson
I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread. – Adlai E. Stevenson
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai E. Stevenson
Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you. – Adlai E. Stevenson
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for. – Adlai E. Stevenson
