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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?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Man Nation Problem
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Honesty Loyalty
The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Choice Freedom History Man
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Courage Hope Ignorance Practice True
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Art Himself Leadership
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Easy Search
An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Atheist Care Game Man Win
I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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Funny Mistake Myself
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Existence Government Potential Power Rise
Through knowledge and understanding, we will drive from the temple of freedom all those who seek to establish over us thought control, whether they be agents of a foreign state or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Control Establish Freedom Knowledge Power Seek Understand
So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Freedom Powerful Problem World
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Care Freedom History Trust Weakness
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Politics Right Wrong
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Destroy Problem Yourself
Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Stupidity War
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Determination Foundation Moral Politics Power

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