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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

Topics: Confidence Democracy Everything Faith Fight Government Indispensable Integrity Lose Lost Public Spend System

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Nature is neutral.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Nature Neutral

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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Everybody Fool Happens His Money Now Parted Soon Time Were

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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Flattery Inhale Long Right You

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Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Eisenhower Finding Jacket Nixon Out Tails

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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: After Convention Four Nations Peace Political Sometimes Tranquility United United Nations Yearn Years

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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Business Law Profession Rather Repair Service Shop Station

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We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Chance Confuse Element Endowment Equal Equality Everyone Idea Must Notion Opening Our Pursuit Quality Recover Schools Should Traditional

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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Alone Despite Does Eat Fact He Live Man Sometimes Them Words

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We have confused the free with the free and easy.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Confused Easy Free

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 5th, 1900

Died: July 14th, 1965

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