Adlai Stevenson: “Nothing that can be uttered or withheld can add to, or detract from, his imperishable fame.”

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible and, by attempting, prove that one with God can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight.

We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.

Irishmen, in common with liberty-loving men everywhere, looked with abhorrence upon the attempt of a great European power to establish monarchy upon the ruins of republics.

To garner up the fruits of successful revolution by ensuring stable government was the task demanding the loftiest statesmanship.