A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERA people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERHumility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEROur 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. EISENHOWERWhat is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERGet 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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIf any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERI despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERMob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERFreedom 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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWorry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERYou do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIn preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERExtremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERIn 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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER