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Stevenson, Adlai Ewing, 1900–1965, American statesman

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1900–1965, American statesman, b. Los Angeles; grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835–1914). A graduate (1922) of Princeton, he received his law degree from Northwestern Univ., was admitted (1926) to the bar, and practiced law in Chicago. He entered government service as special counsel to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933–34) and later served as assistant general counsel to the Federal Alcohol Bureau (1934) and as an assistant to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1941–44). In 1945 he became special assistant to Secretary of State Stettinius and attended the San Francisco Conference that founded the United Nations. He was a member of the U.S. mission to the UN General Assembly in 1946 and 1947. In 1949, Stevenson was elected Democratic governor of Illinois by an unprecedented majority; his record of reforms in office brought him national prominence, and he was drafted (1952) to be the Democratic presidential candidate. Despite an eloquent campaign, he was decisively…
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Full text Article Stevenson, Adlai (1900–1965)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
A California native, Stevenson was the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956 and served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 to 1965. President John F. Kennedy appointed the moderate internationalist to the UN ambassadorship, but Stevenson grew unhappy in that role…
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1900–1965, American statesman, b. Los Angeles; grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835–1914). A graduate (1922) of Princeton, he received his law degree from Northwestern Univ., was admitted (1926) to the bar, and practiced law in Chicago. He entered government service as special counsel to the…
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Full text Article POWER

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men ... There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. [Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887] Generally, nobody behaves decently when they have power. AMIS, Kingsley Radio…
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Full text Article INTELLECTUALS

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A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals. AGNEW, Spiro T. New York Times , October 1969. To the man-in-the-street, who, I’m sorryto say,Is a keen observer of life,The word intellectual suggests straightawayA…
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Full text Article FREEDOM

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A day, an hour of virtuous libertyIs worth a whole eternity in bondage. ADDISON, Joseph Cato (1713). As a general rule, the freedom of any people can be judged by the volume of their laughter. [Declaration sent to Pope John XXII by the Scottish barons] For so long as but a hundred of us remain…
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Full text Article Stevenson, Adlai

From American Biographies: American Political Leaders
In 1945 Adlai Stevenson moved from his position...
(b. 1900–d. 1965) governor, diplomat, presidential candidate Adlai Ewing Stevenson was the reform governor of Illinois, three times a candidate for president, and twice the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. He had his largest impact in altering the political idiom and raising the level…
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Full text Article Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900–1965)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
An editor is one who separates the wheat from the chaff and prints the chaff. Stevenson Wit 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. Speech during 1952…
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Full text Article Stevenson, Adlai (U.N. ambassador)

From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
Adlai Stevenson stands in front of his campaign...
(b. 1900–d. 1965) governor, diplomat, presidential candidate Adlai Ewing Stevenson was born in Los Angeles on February 5, 1900, and grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. He came from a political family that included Jesse Fell, his maternal great-grandfather, a prominent Republican and Abraham Lincoln…
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Full text Article Stevenson, Adlai E(wing)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Feb. 5, 1900, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.—died July 14, 1965, London, Eng.) U.S. politician and diplomat. The grandson of a vice president of the U.S., he practiced law in Chicago from 1926. During World War II he was assistant to the secretary of the navy (1941–44) and to the secretary of state…
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As a congressman (1875–1877 and 1879–1881), Adlai...
(b. 1835–d. 1914) vice president, 1893–1897 Adlai Ewing Stevenson, patriarch of a political family, experienced a rewarding but sometimes frustrating career in politics that spanned nearly half a century. While he has usually been relegated to a footnote in history, in his day he achieved…
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