“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”
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Stevenson, A. E. (n.d.). The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/14343-the-idea-that-you-can-merchandise-candidates-for/
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Stevenson, Adlai E. “The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/14343-the-idea-that-you-can-merchandise-candidates-for/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Stevenson, Adlai E. “The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal -- that you can gather votes like box tops -- is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/14343-the-idea-that-you-can-merchandise-candidates-for/.