No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERAll generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.
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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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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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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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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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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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I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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