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?
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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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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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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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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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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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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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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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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