In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEREvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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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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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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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking, is freedom.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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