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Adlai Stevenson
American politician and diplomat
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that he sometimes has to eat them.
—Adlai Stevenson, American politician and diplomat

Posted on November 5, 2002 at 5:11 PM

WORDS ABOUT WORDS

When political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is wheeled into action.
—Adlai Stevenson, American politician and diplomat, speech, 1952

Posted on December 18, 1998 at 7:25 AM

WORDS ABOUT WORDS

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
—Adlai Stevenson, American politician and diplomat

Posted on November 7, 2001 at 8:07 PM

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