I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIf any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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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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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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Only Americans can hurt America.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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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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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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