Adlai Stevenson

Thankful to God for all he has vouchsafed to us in the past, and with the prayer that henceforth peace may be the priceless boon of all nations, we await the dawn of the new century, and turn our faces hopefully to the future.

At times the temptation may be strong to compass partisan ends by a disregard or a perversion of the rules.

A single instance, as indicated, might prove the forerunner of untold evils.

It must not be forgotten that the rules governing this body are founded deep in human experience; that they are the result of centuries of tireless effort in legislative hall, to conserve, to render stable and secure, the rights and…

By its rules, the Senate wisely fixes the limits to its own power.

Of those who clamor against the Senate and its mode of procedure it may be truly said, 'They know not what they do.' In this Chamber alone are preserved, without restraint, two essentials of wise legislation and of good government--the…

Sometimes the usurpation of the executive power, sometimes the fickleness and unbridled license of the people, had brought popular governments to destruction.

To guard against these dangers, they placed their chief hope in the Senate.

It was the supreme moment, and upon the action of the historic assemblage depended events of far-reaching consequence.

The Constitution of the United States is the enduring monument to the courage, the forecast, the wisdom of the members of the Convention of 1787.

Great truths dwell a long time with small minorities.

The spirit of the mob is in deadly antagonism to all constituted authority.