Adlai Today
Adlai E Stevenson II was a thinker, diplomat, U.N. Ambassador, U.S. presidential candidate, governor, journalist, and more... His ideas remain relevant—perhaps critical—even today.
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Core Ideas
One way to consider Adlai's ideas is to notice three underlying core values that permeate his life's work: Think, Care, and Connect.
Adlai Quotes
Now, we will go about these things gradually, because it will be the spirit of man that will make the laws successful and make it possible to enforce them continuously. It will not be troops of bayonets. We will have to proceed gradually. You do not upset habits and traditions that are older than the republic overnight.... There is, however, a question of what time is tolerable to bring about the family of man in this country...(I) will do everything I can to bring about unity even if I have to ask some of you to come about it gradually.
—1956, comments regarding civil rights, Los Angeles, California