"Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right."

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Source: Speeches of Adlai Stevenson by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, (p. 39), 1952.

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Adlai Stevenson I

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Adlai Stevenson I was a prominent American politician and diplomat, known for his articulate advocacy for international cooperation during the Cold War.

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