Adlai Stevenson: “At that fatal threshold the philosopher ceases to be wise, and the song of the poet is silent.”

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.

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

Breckenridge, he said: "Bob, when you and I graduated, you took to the pulpit and I to the bottle, and I have stuck to my text a good deal closer than you have to yours!

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities.