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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Believe Government Myself Peace Thinking
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Leadership People Yourself
Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Afraid Book Library Reading Yourself
Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Discipline Freedom
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Courage Hope Ignorance Practice True
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Friendship Humility Man Sacrifice
So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Freedom Powerful Problem World
War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Black Crime Man Seek Stupidity Tragedy War
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Care Government Myself Religious
The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Man Nation Problem
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Leadership Responsibility Wrong
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Government Myself Peace Thinking
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Dog Fight Necessary
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Honesty Loyalty
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Hate Live Myself Stupidity War
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Art Leadership People

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