Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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Adlai Stevenson

1900 – 1965 CE

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Speech (1952)

Speech, 1952

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson (7 quotes)

“She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.”

Themes: Complaint

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“The human race has improved everything except for the human race.”

Themes: Progress

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“It is not possible for this nation to be at once politically internationalist and economically isolationist. This is just as insane as asking one Siamese twin to high dive while the other plays the piano.”

from Speech, 1952

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“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.”

Themes: Victory

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“Laws are never as effective as habits.”

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“The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.”

Themes: Opinion

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“A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.”

from Speech (1952)

Themes: Patience

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