Adlai Ewing Stevenson II, Adlai Stevenson – amerykański polityk i dyplomata. Stevenson znany był ze swoich talentów oratorskich i umiejętności debatowania. Uchodził też za jednego z najbardziej wykształconych polityków amerykańskich swoich czasów. Wikipedia
„Były czasy, kiedy tylko głupców nie trzymały się pieniądze. Teraz zdarza się to wszystkim.”
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. <br class="br">Źródło: The Stevenson wit http://books.google.pl/books?ei=5LgXTYz2PMuv4Aarp72GAg&ct=result&id=xWMXAQAAIAAJ&dq=Stevenson+Wit&q=There+was+a+time+when+a+fool+and+his+money+were+soon+parted%2C+but+now+it+happens+to+everybody.#search_anchor, Doubleday, 1966, s. 88.
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Źródło: William Safire, Lend me your ears: great speeches in history, W.W. Norton, 2004, s. 79.
Acceptance speech, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois (26 July 1952)
“A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.”
Quoted in The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)
Speech in Los Angeles California (27 October 1956), as quoted in The New America (1971), edited by Seymour E. Harris, John B. Martin, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 249
“He who slings mud generally loses ground.”
Statement quoted in news summaries (11 January 1954); as quoted in Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (1957) edited by James Beasley Simpson, p. 58
“Never run against a war hero.”
Response when asked if he had any advice to give to a young politician, quoted in "History Remembers…Adlai Stevenson" by Maureen Zebian in The Epoch Times (4 November 2004) http://en.epochtimes.com/news/4-11-4/24153.html
Speech to the American Legion convention, New York City (27 August 1952); as quoted in "Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism" in Lend Me Your Ears : Great Speeches In History (2004) by William Safire, p. 81
Address to the AFL Convention in New York City, transcribed in the New York Times, September 23, 1952. In context, Stevenson was saying that the Republicans were humorless, in contrast to his own sense of humor. This quote resembles the unsourced and confusing version, "I refuse to personally criticize President Eisenhower, I will not submit to the Republican concept of gravity."
Quoted in "Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson" (1952), Random House. Republished in the New York Times, "Books of the Times", by Charles Poore, April 20, 1953, p. 23
Speech (22 September 1952), reported in Report of Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor, Vol. 71 (1952)
“Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.”
Speech in Denver, Colorado (5 September 1952)
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
As quoted in The Stevenson Wit (1965) edited by Bill Adler
“Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.”
Speech in Urbana, Illinois (1951); as quoted in Adlai's Almanac: The Wit and Wisdom of Stevenson of Illinois (1952), p. 20
“A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.”
As quoted in The Stevenson Wit (1965) edited by Bill Adler
Radio address (11 April 1955); as quoted in The World's Great Speeches (1999) edited by Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, and Stephen J. McKenna
“There is no evil in the atom, only in men's souls.”
Speech in Hartford, Connecticut (18 September 1952)
Comparing Richard Nixon to Alben Barkley during the 1952 presidential race, as quoted in Richard Nixon: A Political and Personal Portrait (1959) by Earl Mazo, Chapter 7
Foreword to booklet on interracial relations prepared by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, as quoted in The New York Times (22 June 1964)
A Call to Greatness (1954), p. 99
“A hungry man is not a free man.”
Speech in Kasson, Minnesota (6 September 1952)
On being a lawyer, as quoted by Claire Birge in The Stevensons : A Biography of an American Family (1997) by Jean H. Baker, p. 262
As quoted in Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1982) by Jonathon Green
“The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.”
As quoted in The New York Times (19 January 1962)
“A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.”
As quoted in The New York Times Magazine (7 February 1965)
Referring to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, in a speech in Hartford, Connecticut (25 February 1956)
Campaign statement in Fresno, California (10 September 1952); earlier incidence of similar comments exist:
If Mr. Hughes will stop lying about me, I will stop telling the truth about him.
William Randolph Hearst, about Charles Evans Hughes, in 1906, as quoted in The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When (2006) by Ralph Keyes
If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.
Chauncey Depew, as quoted in "If Elected I Promise … "Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1969) by John F. Parker
“I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.”
Opening sentence of Stevenson's first appearance at the UN as UN Ambassador, February 1, 1961. From "Looking Outward", by Adlai Stevenson, p. 3
Speech in Chicago, Illinois (29 September 1952)
“Freedom rings where opinions clash.”
Variations of this quote are often attributed to Stevenson without a date or location for the remark. Two early occurrences are in a Congressional hearing on November 13, 1985, where Stevenson was quoted by Representative Ted Weiss ("Limits on the Dissemination of Information by the Department of Education" (1986), published by the GPO); and an article dated June 4, 1989 by Sue Ann Wood in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ("Write Editor, Readers Urged"). No source closer to Stevenson has been found.
Disputed
As quoted in Seeds of Peace : A Catalogue of Quotations (1986) by Jeanne Larson and Madge Micheels, p. 265
