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"Well, speaking as a Christian, I would like to say that I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the Apostle Peale appalling."

— Norman Vincent Peale

January 1, 1970

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Adlai Stevenson, in the opening sentence of remarks to a Baptist convention in Texas during his 1952 Presidential campaign, after the host had declared that Stevenson had been asked to speak "just as a courtesy, because Dr. Norman Vincent Peale has already instructed us to vote for your opponent." As quoted in Humor in the White House: The Wit of Five American Presidents (2001) by Arthur A. Sloane

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Adlai Stevenson, in the opening sentence of remarks to a Baptist convention in Texas during his 1952 Presidential campaign, after the host had declared that Stevenson had been asked to speak "just as a courtesy, because Dr. Norman Vincent Peale has already instructed us to vote for your opponent." As quoted in Humor in the White House: The Wit of Five American Presidents (2001) by Arthur A. Sloane