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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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Life Power Wrong
The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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Satisfaction Time
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
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Determination Foundation Moral Politics Power
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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Change Past Philosophy Present
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Decision Ourselves Rule
The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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Children Existence Necessary Problem Understood World
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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Alone Money War Weapon World
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Politics Right Wrong
We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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Dedication Fear Need Ourselves Strength World
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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Destroy Problem Yourself
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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Existence Government Potential Power Rise
Freedom 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.
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Action Death Flower Freedom Heart Life Man Spirit
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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Dog Fight Necessary
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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Future History Road
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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Courage Hope Ignorance Practice True
We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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Achievement Foundation Security Strength
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
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Leadership Responsibility Wrong
They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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Failure Leaving
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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Brave Future Himself History Lie Man Wisdom
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Lose People Principle Value Worth
No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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Himself Man Tears Worth
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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Art Leadership People
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Battle Myself Planning Preparation
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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History Powerful Teaching
The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Choice Freedom History Man
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.
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Deep Food Loss Weapon
Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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Myself Word Worry

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