Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
Speech to the United Parents Association, as quoted in The New York Times (6 April 1958)
“One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.”
As quoted in Dirty Little Secrets : Military Information You're Not Supposed To Know (1990) by James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi, p. 50
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