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. EISENHOWERAll generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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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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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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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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Pessimism never won any battle.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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