Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERYou do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
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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.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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.
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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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Freedom 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.
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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
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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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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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