What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERFreedom 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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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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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