I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERI 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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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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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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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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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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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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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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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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