Adlai Stevenson: “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”

Illinois, in all that constitutes true grandeur in a people, knows no superior among the great sisterhood of States.

As one standing, alas, 'upon the western slope,' let me adjure the young men of this magnificent county--my home for more than half a century--to study thoroughly the history of our own State, and of the grand republic of which it is a…

Inseparably linked with that portion of its history are names that will live with those of the Cabots and Columbus.

It is high privilege and high honor to be a citizen of this grand republic.