Adlai Stevenson: “Not only did common prudence dictate courtesy among the members of the bar, but an exalted spirit of honor and well-bred…”

My fellow-citizens have a right to know my views upon all public questions, and I have nothing to conceal.

This coming together is no idle ceremony, no unmeaning observance.

We are here to erect this statue to his memory because of the unnumbered blessings to America and to the people of every race and clime which have followed his discovery.

In the rush of events, party antagonisms, in the main, soon fade from remembrance.