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I'm not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower. — Bernie Sanders

Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Modern man worships at the temple of science, but science tells him only what is possible, not what is right. — Milton S. Eisenhower

I had a career. His name was Ike. — Mamie Eisenhower

Only after Eden agreed to leave Egypt unconditionally did Eisenhower arrange a billion-dollar rescue package from the IMF and the Export-Import Bank. — Niall Ferguson

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower. — Stephen Ambrose

Annoyance, Eisenhower knew that the prolonged — Jeff Shaara

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

There is no victory at bargain basement prices. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The best thing about Eisenhower's Presidency was his Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible. — Alistair Cooke

I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan] — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Guns and tanks and planes are nothing unless there is a solid spirit, a solid heart, and great productiveness behind it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together. — John Dingell

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Help the Cubans to the utmost counseling his successor while handing over the reins. We cannot let Castro's government go on. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

"In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love." — Dwight D. Eisenhower

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient. — Jean Edward Smith

Dwight D. Eisenhower changed America forever with the creation of the interstate highway program. — Joel Garreau

Fortunately for us and our world, young people are not easily discouraged. The hopes of the world rest on the fresh outlook of young people — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. — Oscar Levant

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement — Phil Harding

The essence of nostalgia is an awareness that what has been will never be again. — Milton S. Eisenhower

My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

It's one of the finest highway networks in the world - and nobody seems to care that the basic idea was copied from the Nazis.6 EISENHOWER, — T.R. Reid

I was born in 1953, so that's the Eisenhower administration. — Lincoln Chafee

The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

God, I hate the Germans ... — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Today, no one questions-whether women are equal to men in ability and itelligence. — Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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

It is well for us to pause, to acknowledge our debt to those who paid so large a share of freedom's price. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Winning isn't everything," Eisenhower said faintly. "Sometimes, just knowing your family's safe and healthy and alive is even better. — Margaret Peterson Haddix

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

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

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty ... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover. — Jean Edward Smith

Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our economy is the result of millions of decisions we all make every day about producing, earning, saving, investing, and spending. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE! — Ken Kesey

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The world must know what happened, and never forget. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

I was a lieutenant in World War II. — John Eisenhower

In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Why don't you lay the footpaths where the students want to walk? — Dwight D. Eisenhower

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent. — Thomas Piketty

Your husband is the boss - and don't forget it. — Mamie Eisenhower

Disregard for human beings is the first qualification of a dictator. — Milton S. Eisenhower

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

The president cannot escape from his office. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you can't solve a problem, enlarge it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Pessimism never won any battle. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a United Nations operation. — John Eisenhower

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

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

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

One day the people of the world will want peace
so much that the governments will have to get out
of their way and give it to them. — Dwight D. Eisenhower