Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “It is a common heresy and its graves are to be found all over the earth. It is the heresy that says you can kill an idea by killing a man, defeat a principle by defeating a person, bury truth by burying its vehicle.” ~ Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), U.S. presidential candidate (1952, 1956), U.N. Ambassador (1961-1965)Source: Speech, 9 November 1952