Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERI hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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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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It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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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 think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.
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They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.
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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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Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
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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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What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.
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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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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.
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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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