Adlai Stevenson

In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

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