The best Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

The best Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914) was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897. He had served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s.

The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

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Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

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They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

Beauty and the Beast

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Beauty Appearance

Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

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Love Beauty Valentine's Day

She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Beauty Love declerations

Like so many things, it's not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.

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Beauty Profoundness

That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.

John Green in Paper Towns

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Beauty Appearance

He called you pretty... That's practically an insult, the way you look right now... You're much more than beautiful.

Stephenie Meyer in Twilight

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If there's not enough coffee for everyone, there's coffee for no one.

Che Guevara

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Freddie Thorne: "What kind of a list would have the name of a communist and the name of a bookmaker side by side?"
Thomas Shelby: "Perhaps it's a list of men who give false hope to the poor."

Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders - Season 1 Episode 1

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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

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Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Frank Zappa

Death is a preferable alternative to communism.

Liberty Prime in Fallout

Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless and unable to fight off anything else.

Garry Kasparov

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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