On the record
My religious and moral principles are strongly opposed to duelling, and it would give me pain to be obliged to shed the blood of a fellow-creature in a private combat forbidden by the laws.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson expresses his strong moral opposition to dueling, emphasizing the value of human life.
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