The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERFreedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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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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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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How far have we come in man’s long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.
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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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Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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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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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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