Adlai E. Stevenson

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The relationship of the toastmaster to the speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.

Making peace is harder than making war.

Laws are never as effective as habits.