132 ordspråk av Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson föddes den February 5th 1900 och dog den 14 July 1965 - to the United Nations (1961-65).
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 "Via ovicpitum dura est", or, for the benefit of the engineers among you: "The way of the egghead is hard |
| A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you. |
| A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. |
| A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular |
| A hungry man is not a free man. |
| A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. |
| A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, but a very present help in time of trouble |
| A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth |
| A society can be no better than the men and women who compose it. |
| A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. |
| Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. |
| After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention. |
| All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. |
| An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. |
| An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. |
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