The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERTrue 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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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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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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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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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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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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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