The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERI 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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
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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 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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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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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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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER