Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
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.
War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.
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.
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.
not in the chambers of any legislature
but in the hearts of men.
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.
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.
We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
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.
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.
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.
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.
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.
Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.
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.
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.