Quote by Adlai Stevenson
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political a

America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact – the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality. – Adlai Stevenson

Other quotes by Adlai Stevenson

To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge. – Adlai Stevenson

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Computers
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. – Adlai Stevenson

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Generations
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I love my freedom. I love my America. – Jessi Lane Adams

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. – Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, "Maxims: Liberty and Equality," 1

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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and shes more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everythings perfect. My shoes are all arranged. Its sad. Im a little like Ray, a little bit. – Dakota Fanning

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Morning

And its absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating – and the levels of the communication that Ive seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why dont we have that here? – Emma Thompson

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Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. – Kenzo Tange

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design

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. – Anatole France

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Fear