Adlai Stevenson: “The early settlers, the pioneers, the men who laid the foundations of what our eyes now behold, builded wisely and well.”

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

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.

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

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…