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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERAlways 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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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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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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. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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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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