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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERThe history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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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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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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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