Adlai Ewing Stevension II

Adlai Ewing Stevension II (1900-1965) was a US politician and diplomat. He was twice the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. He was the grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson I, the 23rd vice president of the United States.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Americans are suckers for good news.

- speech, June 8, 1958

• Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

- Ibid., Urbana, Ill., 1951

• Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

- Ibid., October 7, 1952

• There are no gains without pains.

A hungry man is not a free man.
- presidential nomination acceptance speech, September 6, 1952

• A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a very present help in trouble.

- Ibid., Springfield, Ill., Jan. 1951; probably not original with him.

• She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.

- said of Eleanor Roosevelt after her death, 1962

Hubert Lister Parker

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