Dwight Quotes

• Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

  Rainn Wilson

  Painting, Clown, Sad Clown

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• Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

  Rainn Wilson

  Leadership, Thinking, Born

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• Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Oscar Levant

  Mind, Dwight D Eisenhower, Indecision

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• Three American presidents-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson-have asked the question: What do we get from aiding Pakistan? Five-Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-have wondered aloud whether Pakistan's leaders can be trusted to keep their word.

  Husain Haqqani

  Leader, Dwight D Eisenhower, President

  Husain Haqqani (2013). “Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding”, p.2, PublicAffairs

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• Well, one of the things a lot of Americans don't know, when Mitt Romney is nominated a few days from now, he will be the most experienced executive to be nominated for the presidency since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, who had run a university and had run the allied war effort. That's actually a big deal.

  Artur Davis

  Running, War, Effort

  "Artur Davis: This isn't the Democratic Party I used to know". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Harry Truman, Vision, Dwight Eisenhower

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• My parents, both of them had teachers in their family and were pretty well read. So my father voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower.

  Jeff Sessions

  Teacher, Father, Parent

  "Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews Sen. Jeff Sessions". www.politico.com. May 31, 2016.

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• I think it [presidency of Dwight Eisenhower] came too late and I think that he is not on the wavelength of this dreadful time through which we're living.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Thinking, Dwight Eisenhower, Too Late

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• When Dwight Eisenhower became president, I personally was delighted. I thought that that was a very good thing.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  President, Dwight Eisenhower, Good Things

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom I greatly admire.

  Donald Trump

  President, Dwight Eisenhower, American History

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to our economy, and what we have now is a gigantic taxpayer draining empire that is devouring itself, which, as you say, it's creating more resistance, more fighting, against us oversees.

  Ralph Nader

  Stars, Military, Fighting

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• I think that President [Dwight] Eisenhower was... did the most marvelous job in the war, not really a military job: a public relations job, and it was essential that there should be a public relations job done in the post that he had.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Jobs, Military, War

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• I will have received more votes for a Republican than anyone in the history of the primaries by millions. More than Ronald Reagan, who was a terrific guy, more than Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than everybody. ... That's a great honor.

  Donald Trump

  Guy, Honor, Dwight D Eisenhower

  Source: townhall.com

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• [My father ] came home from World War II and he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. He was pretty thoughtful about those things, but never, as I said, ever campaigned for anybody. He let me put a [Barry] Goldwater sticker on his pickup truck, but he never put a bumper sticker on his car. We never had a yard sign or anything in our yards, never contributed to anybody's campaign.

  Jeff Sessions

  Father, War, Home

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• When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.

  Bill Ayers

  Mom, Dad, Views

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Dwight Eisenhower has been underestimated, which may relate to his advanced age in office, his somewhat uneven communications skills, and his failure to present a forward-looking vision on the rising issue of civil rights.

  James M Strock

  Communication, Office, Vision

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• I can't tell you how many times at the breakfast table my dad would curse out Franklin Roosevelt. I love my father. He was an intelligent man, but he really didn't like regulations of the Roosevelt style, or the taxes. He was an Dwight Eisenhower man. And that's what Eisenhower did, committed to breaking down the program.

  Oliver Stone

  Dad, Father, Intelligent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There certainly is a pattern of administrations that have good transitions, George W. Bush to Barack Obama, and administrations that have really bad transitions, I would say Dwight Eisenhower to John F. Kennedy. I would say this is beginning to look like a bad transition, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump as they begin to argue even at the presidential level, which is more or less unprecedented.

  David Brooks

  Presidential, Arguing, Barack

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

  Nancy Gibbs

  Dwight Eisenhower, Candid

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• We had the clip of [Donald] Trump saying: I'm not president of the globe. I'm president of the United States.[Ronald] Reagan would have never said that. [Dwight] Eisenhower would have never said that, because he would have said, yes, I'm president of the United States, but it's in our interests to be securing a world order.

  Mark Shields

  Order, President, Dwight Eisenhower

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• [Dwight Eisenhower was ] a citizen of the world.

  Mark Shields

  World, Dwight Eisenhower, Citizens

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• Mary McCarthy and that Mr. Intellectual kind of guy ... Dwight McDonald? And they were really mean about [Jerome David] Salinger, and oh they were going to destroy him, and just look how thoroughly they destroyed him! No one reads Salinger anymore!

  Whit Stillman

  Mean, Mcdonalds, Guy

  Source: newrepublic.com

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• My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing.

  Al Sharpton

  Dad, Challenges, President

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I wish we had more [Dwight] Eisenhower Republicans in this [Donald]Trump cabinet.

  E. J. Dionne

  Wish, Dwight Eisenhower, Cabinets

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• The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Player, Europe, Nba

  Source: www.gq.com

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