Adlai Stevenson II

"After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention."

"There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody."

"To remember the loneliness, the fear and the insecurity of men who once had to walk alone in huge factories, beside huge machines—to realize that labor unions have meant new dignity and pride to milli…"

"Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise."

"I am a lawyer. I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities, not only of every citizen, but particularly of lawyers, is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willin…"

"Fill the moral vacuum, the rational vacuum, we must; reconvert a population soaked in the spirit of materialism to the spirit of humanism we must, or bit by bit we too will take on the visage of our e…"

"She thought of herself as an ugly duckling, but she walked in beauty in the ghettos of the world, bringing with her the reminder of her beloved St. Francis, "It is in the giving that we receive." And …"

"Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them."