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As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school. -- Andrea Mitchell
Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people. -- Joe E. Lewis
Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson. -- Mercedes McCambridge
When I mentioned about Adlai Stevenson, if he was vice president there would never have been an assassination of our beloved President Kennedy -- Jack Ruby
When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too. -- William Sanderson
Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults - including James Thurber, Orson Welles, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. -- Tom Shales
A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson -- John Steinbeck
As a youngster, I had friends who became lawyers and doctors, and I was as idealistic as anybody. When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way, too. But after a while, I said, 'Let me just finish the degree. I'm getting the G.I. Bill.' -- William Sanderson

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