Adlai Stevenson II Quote

There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes — a new subdivision here, a new school there, a new industry where there had been swampland — changes that add up to a broad transformation of our lives. Our task is to guide these changes. For, though change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.


Presidential campaign address, Miami, Florida, (September 1956), as quoted in Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (1957) edited by James Beasley Simpson


There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes — a ...

There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes — a ...

There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes — a ...

There is a new America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. The new America is the sum of many small changes — a ...