Adlai E. Stevenson II
Democrats nominated Adlai Ewing Stevenson, grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson, for president in 1952 and 1956.
He also served as an ambassador to the United Nations.
His son, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III, served as a senator and fathered Adlai Ewing Stevenson IV, a journalist and businessman, who in turn fathered Adlai Ewing Stevenson V, a son, born in 1994.
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“She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“In America, anybody can be president.That's one of the risks you take.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II
“Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.”
Adlai E. Stevenson II