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.
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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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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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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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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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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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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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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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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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.
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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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