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
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
Adlai E. Stevenson
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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
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
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
Adlai E. Stevenson
We have confused the free with the free and easy.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
Adlai E. Stevenson