Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes - Page 7

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• May we grow in strength — without pride in self. May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. And so shall America — in the sight of all men of good will — prove true to the honorable purposes that bind and rule us as a people in all this time of trial through which we pass.

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  Justice, Earth, May

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957".

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• The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities ... We pay for a single fighter with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

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  Home, School, Cities

  Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, delivered 16 April 1953, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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• The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.

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  Unity, Defense

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957”, p.63, Best Books on

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• 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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  Happiness, Laughter, Pain

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• And now, as in no other age, we seek it [peace] because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

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  Age, Climate, May

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957”, p.62, Best Books on

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• If we make ourselves worthy of America's ideals, if we do not forget that our nation was founded on the premise that all men are creatures of God's making, the world will come to know that it is free men who carry forward the true promise of human progress and dignity.

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  Men, America, Promise

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959”, p.18, Best Books on

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• 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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  Freedom, 4th Of July, Flower

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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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  Country, Essence, Coercion

  Dwight D. Eisenhower's Columbia University Inaugural Addres, October 12, 1948.

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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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  Peace, Military, Patriotic

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• Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.

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  Tools, Use, Method

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower (1963). “The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956”

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• I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.

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  Believe, Common Sense, Political

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• God, I hate the Germans.

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  Hate, I Hate

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• Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

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  Military, War, Clouds

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• Recognition of the Supreme Being was the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism.

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  Expression, Firsts, Recognition

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• 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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  Men, Order, Leader

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• Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities we shall certainly lose our freedom.

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  Opportunity, Priceless, Neglect

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959”, p.401, Best Books on

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• Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on.

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  Peace, Military, Cost

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• I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

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  Strong, Military, Believe

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• 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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  Spiritual, Loss, Grandchildren

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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• We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

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  Victory, D Day, World War 2

  Order of the Day, delivered 6 June 1944

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• Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war.

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  War, Hatred, Suggestions

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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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  Race, Understanding, Honest

  Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, delivered 16 April 1953, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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• Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.

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  Thinking, Enemy, Scared

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• There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

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  Love, America, Energy

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• Guns and tanks and planes are nothing unless there is a solid spirit, a solid heart, and great productiveness behind it.

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  War, Heart, Gun

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