Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise. Adlai Stevenson I More Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I More Quotes From Adlai Stevenson I Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff. Adlai Stevenson I then newspaper who men 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 Stevenson I friends politics truth thinking After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. Adlai Stevenson I tranquility political sometimes peace We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present. Adlai Stevenson I present know future path Freedom rings where opinions clash. Adlai Stevenson I opinions where freedom rings He who slings mud generally loses ground. Adlai Stevenson I ground he who mud The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. Adlai Stevenson I best day think you In quiet places, reason abounds. Adlai Stevenson I places reason quiet All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. Adlai Stevenson I unpopular who progress people The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century. Adlai Stevenson I small great united-nations vote It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse. Adlai Stevenson I look think you horse funny Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it. Adlai Stevenson I back man strange animal Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson I words alone man sometimes To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. Adlai Stevenson I nation cool man circumstances If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson I stop will telling-the-truth truth 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 Stevenson I path faith life believe We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft. Adlai Stevenson I together work love peace
