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Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes about Funny

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Campaign remark, Fresno, Cal., 10 Sept. 1952. John F. Parker, in "If Elected, I Promise ...": Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1969), attributes the reverse statement to Chauncey Depew (1834 - 1928): "If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican party, I'll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats."

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

Adlai E. Stevenson's speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 26, 1952.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

"Born to Run: Origins of the Political Career". Book by Ronald Keith Gaddie, p. 119, 2003.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

"Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations". Book by Jonathon Green, 1982.