War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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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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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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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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 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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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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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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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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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