Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERHumility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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Through knowledge and understanding, we will drive from the temple of freedom all those who seek to establish over us thought control, whether they be agents of a foreign state or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.
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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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