Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 1387 |
AUTHOR: | Adlai Ewing Stevenson (190065) |
QUOTATION: | I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends…. That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Martin called this remark a favorite of Stevensons, but it is not original with him. It was attributed to Senator Chauncey Depew, but in reverse, in John F. Parkers If Elected, I Promise , Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians, p. 41 (1969): If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican party, Ill promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats. Depew was a senator 18991911. |
SUBJECTS: | Political parties |