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
For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai Stevenson
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. – Adlai Stevenson
The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers. – Adlai Stevenson