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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERMob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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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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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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Only Americans can hurt America.
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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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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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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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