Someone asked me as I came down the street, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman used to tell – Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.


After his presidential electoral defeat (5 November 1952)

Adlai Stevenson II Quotes

Someone asked me as I came down the street, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman used to tell – Abraham Lincoln. They...

Someone asked me as I came down the street, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman used to tell – Abraham Lincoln. They...

Someone asked me as I came down the street, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman used to tell – Abraham Lincoln. They...

Someone asked me as I came down the street, how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman used to tell – Abraham Lincoln. They...