Adlai Stevenson II Quote

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke"; but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march."


Introducing John F. Kennedy in 1960, as quoted in Adlai Stevenson and The World: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (1977) by John Bartlow Martin, p. 549


Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, How well he spoke; but when Demosthenes had finished...

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, How well he spoke; but when Demosthenes had finished...

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, How well he spoke; but when Demosthenes had finished...

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, How well he spoke; but when Demosthenes had finished...