They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERHistory teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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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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War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
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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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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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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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