Adlai Stevenson Quotes on Ethics
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In the tragic days of Mussolini, the trains in Italy ran on time as never before and I am told in their way, their horrible way, that the Nazi concentration-camp system in Germany was a model of horrible efficiency. The really basic thing in government is policy. Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.
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There is no evil in the atom, only in men's souls.
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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Our nation stands at a fork in the political road. In one direction lies a land of slander and scare; the land of sly innuendo, the poison pen, the anonymous phone call and hustling, pushing, shoving; the land of smash and grab and anything to win. This is Nixonland. But I say to you that it is not America.
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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.