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. EISENHOWERNever waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
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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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