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Quote from Adlai E. Stevenson II,


"It is a common heresy and its graves are to be found all over the earth. It is the heresy that says you can kill an idea by killing a man, defeat a principle by defeating a person, bury truth by burying its vehicle."


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Adlai E. Stevenson II (more quotes by Adlai E. Stevenson II or books by/about Adlai E. Stevenson II)


(1900-1965) Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), U.S. presidential candidate (1952, 1956), U.N. Ambassador (1961-1965)

Source:

Speech, 9 November 1952

Categories:

Truth, Speech

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