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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) was the 34th President of the United States and a five-star general who served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. His leadership during the D-Day invasion and his presidency — marked by economic prosperity and Cold War strategy — defined the mid-20th century.

“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

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All Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

“We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Good

“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fear

“Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics

“Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

History

“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Men

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership

“There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Home

“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

Pet

“If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“War settles nothing.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

War

“Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Faith

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Future

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Art

“The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

History

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Freedom

“Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Strength

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Experience

“Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics