“A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.” MenTryingDoeHas BeensWarPoliticsWiseAvoidedRecklessInternational RelationsHaste Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.” MenLyingStrongGoalStruggleStrengthProveIdealsUniversalBreatheAppealsSetting GoalsNot AloneBeing Strong Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.” MenAnimalEducationKnowledgeLearningMankindStrangeWallEducationalHandwritingHandwriting On The Wall Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.” MenWiseEducationalFoolishFirmCatastropheStatesmenFirmnessStand FirmFoolish Man Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.” MenPartyPrinciplesCenturyCivilizationFanaticismMilitant Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.” MenMayBornMoneyEducationWiseDutyUniversityBorn Free Author:Adlai Stevenson I
“Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.” MenWarLastsDiedBraveCivil WarDreadResortsValorBrave ManTribunals Author:Adlai Stevenson I
