Dwight D. Eisenhower Short Quotes

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I just won't get into a pissing contest with that skunk.

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It is only as we govern ourselves that we are well-governed.

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

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If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

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

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I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.

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The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.

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

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The proudest human that walks the earth is a free American citizen.

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No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

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

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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

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A foundation of our American way of life is our national respect for law.

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The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

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

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

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The only answer to a regime that wages total cold war is to wage total peace.

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

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

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

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

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The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

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There is one thing about being President — nobody can tell you when to sit down.

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The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual.

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I believe the only way to protect my own rights is to protect the rights of others.

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The free individual has been justified as his own master; the state as his servant.

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

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

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