How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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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