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?
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERFreedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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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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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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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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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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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War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
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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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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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