Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes - page 6

Once he called upon General McClellan, and the President went over to the General's house - a process which I as­sure you has been reversed long since - and General McClellan decided he did not want to see the President, and went to bed. Lincoln's friends criticized him severely for allowing a mere General to treat him that way. And he said, "All I want out of General McClellan is a victory, and if to hold his horse will bring it, I will gladly hold his horse." (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish. View quote
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Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well. View quote
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No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know. View quote
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions. View quote
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Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life. View quote
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Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. View quote
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All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one. View quote
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People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments. View quote
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Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. View quote
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Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity. (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. View quote
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This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. View quote
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Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace. View quote
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The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. View quote
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If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. View quote
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Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. View quote
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I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. View quote
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Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. View quote
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There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders. View quote
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I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment. View quote
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War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. View quote
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Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book, as long as that document does not offend our own ideas of decency. That should be the only censorship. View quote
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I believe the only way to protect my own rights is to protect the rights of others. View quote
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