History teaches that, when powerful despots can gain something through aggression, they try, by the same methods, to gain more and more and more.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERPeace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.
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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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War is mankind’s most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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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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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
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