You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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 search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Our 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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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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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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