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.
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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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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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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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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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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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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