You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area.
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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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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
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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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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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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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An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.
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Through knowledge and understanding, we will drive from the temple of freedom all those who seek to establish over us thought control, whether they be agents of a foreign state or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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