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. EISENHOWERThe history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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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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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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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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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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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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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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