Stevenson, Adlai E.

"The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end."

"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."

"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."

"In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take."

" I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."

"Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organisation of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal."

"All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions."

"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice." - speech (1951)

"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular." - speech (1952)