Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
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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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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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking, is freedom.
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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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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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