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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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
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.
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Government Myself Peace Thinking
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
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
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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People Thinking Waste Yourself
Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Blessing Greatness
The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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Philosophy World
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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Care Freedom History Trust Weakness
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
Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
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Listen Myself Serious Talk War
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
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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Friendship Humility Man Sacrifice
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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Black Crime Man Seek Stupidity Tragedy War
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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Leadership People Yourself
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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Freedom Powerful Problem World
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

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