Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERGet 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.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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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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We are ready in short, to dedicate our strength to serving the needs, rather than the fears, of the world.
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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