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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThings are more like they are now than they ever were before.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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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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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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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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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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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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