What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPessimism never won any battle.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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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 world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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 has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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