“Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
Politics“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
War“Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
Politics“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”
Freedom“The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.”
Peace“I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”
Good“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
Strength“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
Peace“Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.”
Politics“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
Men“War settles nothing.”
War“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”
Peace“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
Government“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Society“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
Leadership“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
Future“Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.”
Strength“There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.”
Death“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
War“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
Art“When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.”
Experience“The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.”
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