I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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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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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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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Only Americans can hurt America.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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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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