The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. – Adlai Stevenson
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. – Adlai Stevenson
Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – 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