Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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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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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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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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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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Humility 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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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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