American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 (1900–1965)
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He lost to Eisenhower twice by landslide margins, became the face of the thoughtful liberal who couldn't win middle America, then spent his final years at the UN parsing Cold War crises while nursing quiet resentment over the cabinet post Kennedy never offered him.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born February 5, 1900, grandson of a vice president, raised in Bloomington, Illinois. After a brief Navy stint at the end of World War I he became a lawyer and moved through Roosevelt and Truman administration posts, including work in the State Department during World War II and on the committee that created the United Nations in 1945. Elected Illinois governor in 1948 in an upset, he reformed the state police, cracked down on illegal gambling, and tried to cleanse corruption from state government. The Democratic Party nominated him for president in 1952 and 1956;…
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We talk a great deal about patriotism. What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times?
True Patriotism, it seems to me, is based on tolerance and a large measure of humility.
The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression.
It was always accounted a virtue in a man to love his country. With us it is now something more than a virtue. It is a necessity.
Let's face it. Let's talk sense to the American people.
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