The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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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I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
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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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Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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