The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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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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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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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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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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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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