Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotion, but is the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.