Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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I thought so at first, but there is reason to believe that he is still alive. But that in itself does not constitute a problem.
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In such a world-at such a time--'a decent respect for the opinion of mankind'-in the words of our Declaration of Independence-requires that we state plainly the purposes we seek, the principles we hold.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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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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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
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Freedom under law is like the air we breathe.
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Oh, goddammit, we forgot the silent prayer.
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The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give it to them.
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One hundred eighty years later, we know that the eyes of the world are fixed upon us. And we must ask ourselves: what kind of an example of freedom do we give to our age? What are the true marks of our America-and what do they mean to the world?
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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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Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
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This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.
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It is unwise to make education too cheap. If everything is provided freely, there is a tendency to put no value on anything. Education must always have a certain price on it; even as the very process of learning itself must always require individual effort and initiative.
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These proposals spring, without ulterior motive or political passion, from our calm conviction that the hunger for peace is in the hearts of all people - those of Russia and of China no less than of our own country. They conform to our firm faith that God created man to enjoy, not destroy, the fruits of the earth and of their own toil.
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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
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I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.
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This is something, eh, that is the kind of thing that must be gone through with what I believe is best not talked about too much until we know whatever answers there will be.
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How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?
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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
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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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Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.
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Our time of national political debate is almost ended. The clamor of these days will soon subside. And your day of thoughtful decision swiftly nears.