How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEROur 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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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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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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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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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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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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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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