Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPessimism never won any battle.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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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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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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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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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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Only Americans can hurt America.
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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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