In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERNever question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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