Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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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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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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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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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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