The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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.
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Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
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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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There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
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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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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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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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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.
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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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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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