Only Americans can hurt America.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERYou do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.
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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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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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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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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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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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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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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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