I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
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.
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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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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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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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