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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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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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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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.
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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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