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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Development Experience
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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Dog Fight Necessary
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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Government Myself Peace Thinking
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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People Thinking Waste Yourself
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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Action Death Flower Freedom Heart Life Man Spirit
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
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Leadership Responsibility Wrong
I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Funny Mistake Myself
Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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Bad Blame Heart Love Yourself
Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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Action Man Wisdom
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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Change Past Philosophy Present
Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Action Yourself
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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Myself People Right
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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Care Freedom History Trust Weakness
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Battle Myself Planning Preparation
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Politics Right Wrong
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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Darkness Freedom Human Light Man Peace

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