Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWar is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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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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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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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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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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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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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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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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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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