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.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERWar is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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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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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking, is freedom.
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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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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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