Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.
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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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To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.
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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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The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.
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The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.
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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 have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
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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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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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There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
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I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
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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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If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.
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The freedom of the individual and his willingness to follow real leadership are at the core of America’s strength.
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I believe as long as we allow conditions to exist that make for second-class citizens, we are making of ourselves less than first-class citizens.
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The free individual has been justified as his own master; the state as his servant.
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Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
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Let us never forget that the deep things that are American are the soul and the spirit. The Statue of Liberty is not tired, and not because it is made of bronze. It is because no matter what happens, here the individual is dignified because he is created in the image of his God. Let us not forget it.
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Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.
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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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Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
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I do have one instruction for you, General. Do something about that damned football team.
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Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.