Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERA people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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.
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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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Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life 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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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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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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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