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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.

“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

All Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Strength

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Age

“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

“Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Good

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics

“I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Good

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

“The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice!”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

History

“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

“You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership

“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

Best

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Society

“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

Best

“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

Government

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics

“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

“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

“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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

War