There are worse things than losing an election; the worst thing is to lose one's convictions and not tell the people the truth.


Responding to an assertion that his support for a ban on nuclear testing would probably cost him votes, as quoted in As We Knew Adlai : The Stevenson Story by Twenty-two Friends (1966) by Edward P. Doyle, p. 185

Adlai Stevenson II Quotes

There are worse things than losing an election; the worst thing is to lose one's convictions and not tell the people the truth.

There are worse things than losing an election; the worst thing is to lose one's convictions and not tell the people the truth.

There are worse things than losing an election; the worst thing is to lose one's convictions and not tell the people the truth.

There are worse things than losing an election; the worst thing is to lose one's convictions and not tell the people the truth.