All Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
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Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
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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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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
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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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I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.
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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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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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Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
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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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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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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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The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.
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