So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIf any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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