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. 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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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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 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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War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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Preventive 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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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.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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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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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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