An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWhat counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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