Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. – Adlai Stevenson
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
The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers. – Adlai Stevenson
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. – Adlai Stevenson