Adlai Stevenson: “His integrity was unquestioned; his knowledge of public business, phenomenal.”

Never forget that citizenship in such a government carries with it tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that we cannot evade.

We make progress in proportion as we wisely ponder significant events.

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…