Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThere’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
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Every 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.
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Every 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.
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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