A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe 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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Pessimism never won any battle.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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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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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
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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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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 is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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