Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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.
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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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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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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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