Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson may refer to:

  • Adlai Stevenson I (1835–1914), U.S. Vice President (1893–1897) and Congressman (1879–1881)
  • Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965), Governor of Illinois (1949–1953), U.S. presidential candidate (1952 and 1956), U.N. Ambassador (1961–1965), grandson of Adlai Stevenson I
  • Adlai Stevenson III (born 1930), U.S. Senator (1970–1981), Illinois State Representative (1965–1967), candidate for Illinois governor (1982 and 1986), son of Adlai Stevenson II
  • Adlai Stevenson IV (born 1956), journalist, son of Adlai Stevenson III

Famous quotes by adlai stevenson:

    “A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    “The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    “We hear the Secretary of State boasting of his brinkmanship—the art of bringing us to the edge of the abyss.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    “The Republican Vice Presidential Candidate ... asks you to place him a heartbeat from the Presidency.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)

    “The Republican party makes even its young men seem old; the Democratic Party makes even its old men seem young.”
    —Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965)