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Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head
that's assault, not leadership.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory.

Only Americans can hurt America.

We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest.

Never lose your temper, except intentionally.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.

War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

There must be justice, sensed and shared by all peoples, for, without justice the world can know only a tense and unstable truce.

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought
not in the chambers of any legislature
but in the hearts of men.

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

If people get together, so eventually will nations.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. a

We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.

Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve

No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them.

We view our Nation's strength and security as a trust, upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere.

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding ...

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

You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?

As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

Peace is more the product of our day-to-day living than of a spectacular program, intermittently executed.

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.

War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

We reject any idea that one race of people is in any way better than another.

We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

Worry is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Wars are stupid and they can start stupidly.

We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.

The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

The eyes of the world are upon you ...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

You know, this is what I've always thought a college should look like.

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

God, I hate the Germans ...

If our founding fathers were alive today, they'd roll over in their graves.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general ... They win battles, and they make me lucky.

Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.

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

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

It is still a fact that our common frontier grows stronger every year, defended only by friendship.

In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.

No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.

The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength-and strength alone.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.

I call upon those who love freedom to stand with us now. Together we shall achieve victory.

Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral ideal and achieve it merely by law.