May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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 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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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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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?
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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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