Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIf any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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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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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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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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Pessimism never won any battle.
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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 in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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