Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.
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War settles nothing.
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I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon.
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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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From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city, every village, and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.
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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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This we do know: a world that begins to witness the rebirth of trust among nations can find its way to a peace that is neither partial nor punitive. With all who will work in good faith toward such a peace, we are ready, with renewed resolve, to strive to redeem the near-lost hopes of our day.
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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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Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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In June of 1776, Richard Henry Lee, rising before the Continental Congress to move his resolution for American independence, declared: 'The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us; she demands of us a living example of freedom.'
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I believe that the United States as a government, if it is going to be true to its own founding documents, does have the job of working toward that time when there is no discrimination made on such inconsequential reason as race, color, or religion.
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There is one thing about being President - nobody can tell you when to sit down.
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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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I propose to use whatever authority exists in the office of the President to end segregation in the District of Columbia, including the Federal Government, and any segregation in the Armed Forces.
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When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.
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Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
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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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Freedom under law is like the air we breathe.
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You just can't have this kind of war. There aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.
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I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.
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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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I'm going to command the whole shebang.
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Oh, goddammit, we forgot the silent prayer.
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The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.