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. EISENHOWER
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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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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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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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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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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking, is freedom.
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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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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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