Adlai Stevenson: “Whether on the scaffold high Or in the battle's van The fittest place…”

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Whether on the scaffold high Or in the battle's van The fittest place for man to die Is where he dies for man.

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Adlai Stevenson

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This quote poetically expresses the noble ideal of dying for a cause greater than oneself.

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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil.

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

Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.

In the presence of such majestic power we can only stand awed and silent.

Adlai Stevenson: “Whether on the scaffold high Or in the battle's van The fittest place for man to die Is where he dies for man.”