The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERFreedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
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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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Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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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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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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