If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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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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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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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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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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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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