War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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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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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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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