I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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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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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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