Adlai Stevenson: “What lawyer has not, at some time, in the trial of a case asked just one question too many?”

His genius and faith gave succeeding generations the opportunity for life and liberty.

From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.

In my humble judgment, the historic Senate, preserving the unrestricted right of amendment and of debate, maintaining intact the time-honored parliamentary methods and amenities which unfailingly secure action after deliberation, possesses…

Unless curbed it will sap the foundation of civilized society.