ah, Adlai Stevenson! he was once told by female voter: "you have the vote of all thinking people" reply? "that's not enough, madam, i need a majority"

[basquebromance]

Apocryphal but fun. Adlai Stevenson, told that he had the vote of every thinking person in America: "That's not enough, we need a majority."

Adlai Stevenson II Quote

Woman at a rally: Governor, every thinking person will be voting for you. Stevenson: Madam, that's not enough. I need a majority.

libquotes.com

 

[Oddball]

One of the most glittering stars in the galaxy of liberoidal snobbery.

 

[sparky]

From what i've read of him, he was well spoken

~S~

 

[whitehall]

Adlai Stevenson was defeated in a landslide election twice by WW2 General Eisenhower but democrats always think they were screwed by their own electorate.