Adlai E. Stevenson

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.

We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

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.

A beauty is a woman you notice a charmer is one who notices you.

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

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

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.