Adlai Stevenson: “The kindly words that have been spoken, the cordial grasp of the hand, the unbidden tear, the hospitality extended, have…”

Is it too much to say of this man that among the world's benefactors a greater than he hath not appeared?

The practical lesson to be drawn, one for all the ages, is the peril involved in a wife's untimely interruption of the wise observations and sage reflections of her husband.

I have no respect for candidates who attempt to dodge any of these great questions.

We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.