Adlai Stevenson High

Famous quotes containing the words adlai stevenson, stevenson and/or high:

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

    “Now that Stevenson is dead I can think of but one English- speaking author who is really keeping his self-respect and sticking for perfection. Of course I refer to that mighty master of language and keen student of human actions and motives, Henry James.”
    —Willa Cather (1873–1947)

    “Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)