History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEROur form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
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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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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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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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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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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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