“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
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“I would rather lose the election than lose my identity.”
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“There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!”
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Camp Columbia, Havana (Jan. 8th, 1959), Fidel Castro Reader, pp. 133
“A Nation of Wheels”, p. 131.
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“Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.”
Hansard http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051109/debtext/51109-03.htm#51109-03_spmin10, House of Commons, 6th series, vol. 439, col. 302.
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“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”