Adlai Stevenson II Quote

I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.


Opening sentence of Stevenson's first appearance at the UN as UN Ambassador, February 1, 1961. From "Looking Outward", by Adlai Stevenson, p. 3


I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.

I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.

I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.

I have sometimes said that flattery is all right, Mr. President, if you don't inhale it.