Only Americans can hurt America.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERExtremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
More Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.
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The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.
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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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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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Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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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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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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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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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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Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.
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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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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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Pull the string and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
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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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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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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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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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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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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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Pessimism never won any battle.
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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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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.
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Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame! you give love, a bad name.
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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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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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