The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe 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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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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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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 search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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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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Pessimism never won any battle.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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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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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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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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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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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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