Dwight David Eisenhower, nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
1. “Plans are useless, but planning is essential.”
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2. “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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3. “You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.”
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4. “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
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5. “The supreme quality for leadership is integrity.”
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6. “Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”
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7. “Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.”
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8. “No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.”
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9. “Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.”
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10. “Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.”
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11. “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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12. “The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.”
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13. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
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14. “For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!”
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15. “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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16. “Pessimism never won any battle.”
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17. “Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
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18. “Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it’s worthless.”
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19. “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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20. “Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.”
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21. “By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.”
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22. “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
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23. “Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.”
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24. “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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25. “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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26. “Unless we progress, we regress.”
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27. “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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28. “The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.”
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29. “If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.”
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30. “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”
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31. “You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.”
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32. “Take your job seriously, but not yourself.”
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33. “The only things worth counting on are people you can count on.”
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34. “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
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35. “History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
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36. “Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.”
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37. “No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.”
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38. “The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!”
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39. “The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.”
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40. “The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.”
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41. “Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.”
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42. “God, I hate the Germans…”
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43. “We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.”
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44. “I’ll tell you what leadership is. It’s persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.”
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45. “We will accept nothing less than full Victory!”
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46. “It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.”
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47. “Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.”
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48. “Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
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49. “There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and ‘My, you’re looking good!’”
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50. “Beware the military-industrial complex.”
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51. “The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
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52. “Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
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53. “Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession – to defend it against every thrust from within or without.”
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54. “The sergeant is the Army.”
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55. “May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
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56. “United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God’s help, go forward to our greatest victory.”
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57. “Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
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58. “To be true to one’s own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.”
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59. “The final battle against intolerance is to be fought – not in the chambers of any legislature – but in the hearts of men.”
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60. “Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.”
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61. “We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.”
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62. “The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.”
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63. “Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.”
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64. “The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.”
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65. “When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.”
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66. “Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”
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67. “There is no victory at bargain basement prices.”
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68. “Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens.”
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69. “Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
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70. “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
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71. “Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.”
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72. “The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
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73. “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.”
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74. “This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.”
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75. “Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.”
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76. “May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly – until at last the darkness is no more.”
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77. “I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.”
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78. “We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”
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79. “Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
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80. “Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.”
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81. “The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.”
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82. “The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.”
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83. “I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.”
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84. “Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.”
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85. “Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.”
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86. “I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”
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87. “Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.”
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88. “Memory should be the starting point of the present.”
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89. “No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.”
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90. “Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.”
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91. “In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people’s money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative.”
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92. “Public opinion wins wars.”
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93. “America is best described by one word, freedom.”
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94. “If our founding fathers were alive today, they’d roll over in their graves.”
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95. “The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.”
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96. “In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.”
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97. “Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.”
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98. “There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.”
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99. “Freedom 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.”
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100. “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.”
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101. “If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.”
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102. “A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.”
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103. “The eyes of the world are upon you…”
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104. “Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.”
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105. “Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
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106. “Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace.”
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107. “We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.”
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108. “There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”
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109. “Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”
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110. “Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.”
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111. “Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.”
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112. “The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.”
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113. “Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.”
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114. “When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.”
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115. “We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
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116. “Never lose your temper, except intentionally.”
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117. “Don’t join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.”
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118. “Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.”
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119. “Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.”
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120. “Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.”
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121. “Well, it’s hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn’t have equal rights.”
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122. “Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.”
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123. “Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.”
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124. “It is well for us to pause, to acknowledge our debt to those who paid so large a share of freedom’s price.”
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125. “We reject any idea that one race of people is in any way better than another.”
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126. “You can’t have this kind of war. There just aren’t enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.”
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127. “Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.”
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128. “When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.”
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129. “War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.”
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130. “Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.”
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131. “But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights – by attempting to placate aggression.”
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132. “Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
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133. “In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.”
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134. “We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.”
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135. “The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength-and strength alone.”
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136. “First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.”
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137. “The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.”
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138. “I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.”
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139. “You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.”
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140. “No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one’s best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one’s duty.”
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141. “For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple – this single – this exclusive goal.”
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142. “The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy.”
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143. “The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.”
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144. “We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”
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145. “Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.”
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146. “I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.”
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147. “The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.”
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148. “Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.”
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149. “Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
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150. “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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151. “This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
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152. “In the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains.”
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153. “Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.”
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154. “Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.”
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155. “Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.”
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156. “The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.”
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157. “When you appeal to force, there’s one thing you must never do – lose.”
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158. “The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.”
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159. “Don’t join the book burners!”
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160. “America’s leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.”
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161. “We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security forces to defend a way of life.”
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162. “Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief – and I don’t care what it is.”
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163. “I come from the very heart of America.”
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164. “When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.”
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165. “I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.”
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166. “This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.”
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167. “A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.”
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168. “And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.”
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169. “If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.”
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170. “We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.”
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171. “Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.”
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172. “Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.”
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173. “This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis, and then the confidence to leave the result to a higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.”
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174. “As men and women of character and of faith in the soundness of democratic methods, we must work like dogs to justify that faith.”
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175. “We know something of the cost of that war. We were in it from December seventh, ’41, till August of ’45. Ever since that time, we have been waging peace. It has had its ups and downs just as the war did.”
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176. “No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.”
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177. “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
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178. “As we peer into society’s future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”
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179. “True delegation implies the courage and readiness to back up a subordinate to the full; it is not to be confused with the slovenly practice of merely ignoring an unpleasant situation in the hope that someone else will handle it.”
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180. “I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.”
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181. “Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then get others to do it.”
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182. “We view our Nation’s strength and security as a trust, upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere.”
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183. “Hope spurs humans everywhere to work harder to endure more now that the future may be better.”
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184. “The people of Israel, like those of the United States, are imbued with a religious faith and a sense of moral values.”
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185. “Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity – if we neglect our opportunities we shall certainly lose our freedom.”
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186. “A nation’s hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations.”
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187. “There is no such thing as human superiority.”
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188. “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
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189. “The winning of war – the effectiveness in such things – is in the heart, in the determination, in the faith. It is in our beliefs in our country, in our God, everything that goes to make up America.”
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190. “So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.”
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191. “I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.”
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192. “There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.”
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193. “The president cannot escape from his office.”
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194. “I firmly believe that the future of civilization is absolutely dependent upon finding some way of resolving international differences without resorting to war.”
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195. “Ideologen sind Leute, die glauben, dass die Menschheit besser sei als der Mensch.”
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196. “War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.”
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197. “Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as it is by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”
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198. “It is only common sense to recognize that the great bulk of Americans, whether Republican or Democrat, face many common problems and agree on a number of basic objectives.”
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199. “The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.”
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200. “As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.”
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