I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPreventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
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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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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.
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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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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.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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