In a triptych, a man is shown at three points in life: standing at a political convention, sitting on a fence with his wife, and presenting a plow to people in India.

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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Search for topics relevant to the world today in Adlai's articles and speeches from the past. For instance, try 'immigration', 'isolationism', 'liberal', 'GOP', 'Middle East', 'India', and 'China',

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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

When an American says that he loves his country, he...means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

—August 27, 1952 speech at New York City, New York