The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end. Adlai E. Stevenson More Quotes by Adlai E. Stevenson More Quotes From Adlai E. Stevenson Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal. Adlai E. Stevenson conformity organization soul Freedom rings where opinions clash. Adlai E. Stevenson clash opinion freedom Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them. Adlai E. Stevenson journalism live-by sometimes Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh. Adlai E. Stevenson hurt dark boys There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. Adlai E. Stevenson money business stupid The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it. Adlai E. Stevenson dancer effort relationship I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly. Adlai E. Stevenson responsibility law thinking A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you. Adlai E. Stevenson beauty love reality 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 E. Stevenson politics political weight Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job. Adlai E. Stevenson inevitable change jobs Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop. Adlai E. Stevenson shops business law Protocol, alcohol, and Geritol. Adlai E. Stevenson drug alcohol drinking What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable. Adlai E. Stevenson twenties age men The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai E. Stevenson freedom-of-speech society principles On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died. Adlai E. Stevenson victory inspiring lying To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation. Adlai E. Stevenson tests circumstances men And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the courage, the boldness to face them, face them square. Adlai E. Stevenson squares trouble faces Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls. Adlai E. Stevenson nature men science Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard. Adlai E. Stevenson stubborn prejudice ignorance The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers, ... the dwelling place of the free mind. Adlai E. Stevenson dwelling-place teacher science
