Adlai Stevenson Biography

Adlai Stevenson, Politician
Born asAdlai Ewing Stevenson II
Occup.Politician
FromUSA
BornFebruary 5, 1900
Los Angeles, California, USA
DiedJuly 14, 1965
London, England
CauseHeart Attack
Aged65 years
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born on February 5, 1900, in Los Angeles, The golden state, the grand son of previous Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson. He grew up in Bloomington, Illinois, where his dad was an attorney as well as functioned as an USA congressman from 1914 to 1917.

After finishing his studies at Princeton University in 1922, Stevenson registered in Harvard Law School, where he acquired his legislation level in 1926. He after that functioned briefly as a legislation clerk before signing up with a Chicago law firm.

In 1933, Stevenson was assigned as unique guidance to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, a government agency developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help farmers throughout the Great Depression. 2 years later on, he became basic advise to the Social Security Board, which was accountable for implementing the newly established Social Security program.

In 1940, Stevenson was elected guv of Illinois, defeating the incumbent, Republican Henry Horner. During his 2 terms in office, Stevenson made considerable strides in education and learning financing and civil rights, and he was instrumental in the production of both the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and also the Illinois State Police.

After declining the vice-presidential election in 1944, Stevenson became a delegate to the United Nations, representing the United States at the General Assembly in London in 1946. He played a vital duty in the United States' opposition to the Soviet Union's attempt to make use of the last word to avoid the UN from acting against hostility.

In 1952 and 1956, Stevenson was the Democratic Party's nominee for president, running versus Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower both times. He shed both elections, however his campaigns were notable for their passion, intellectualism, and also wit. Stevenson continued to be energetic in politics throughout the 1960s, working as ambassador to the United Nations under President John F. Kennedy and afterwards running unsuccessfully for the Democratic governmental election in 1960 and also 1964.

Adlai Stevenson died on July 14, 1965, in London, England, while serving for the second time as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He is remembered as a great orator, a dedicated public servant, and a champion of liberal and modern worths.

Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Adlai, under the main topic Sports.

Related authors: Dwight D. Eisenhower (President), John F. Kennedy (President), Adlai E. Stevenson (Politician), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Franklin D. Roosevelt (President)

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16 Famous quotes by Adlai Stevenson

Small: There are no gains without pains
"There are no gains without pains"
Small: A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House
"A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House"
Small: Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on
"Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation"
Small: A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular
"A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular"
Small: With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the
"With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?"
Small: In America any boy may become President, and I suppose its just one of the risks he takes!
"In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes!"
Small: We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsena
"We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source"
Small: The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff
"The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff"
Small: The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal that you can gather
"The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal that you can gather votes like box tops is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process"
Small: Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate
"Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set"
Small: To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a se
"To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge"
Small: Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a
"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime"
Small: We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations
"We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations"
Small: There is no evil in the atom only in mens souls
"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls"
Small: The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers
"The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers"
Small: I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will sto
"I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them"