Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice – their choice.
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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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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 waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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.
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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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Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book.
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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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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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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.
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Get 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.
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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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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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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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We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.
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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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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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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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