You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERSo the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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 made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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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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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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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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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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Only Americans can hurt America.
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I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
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