CSPAN3 The Presidency Adlai Stevenson 1952 Democratic National Convention July 12, 2024
, ladies anddent gentlemen of the convention. Citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [cheers and applause] i should have preferred to hear those words by a stronger, wiser, a better man than myself. I can only hope that you understand my words. They will be few. Done i wouldught to seek it because i aspire another office, which was the full measure of my ambition. The officet treat within the gift of the people of illinois as an alternative or as a consolation prize. Seek your nomination because itsidency staggers the imagination. Its potential for good or evil within the years o...