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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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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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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.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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