I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? Dwight D. Eisenhower on good
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. Dwight D. Eisenhower on government
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 on government
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. Dwight D. Eisenhower on history
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. Dwight D. Eisenhower on history
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 on history
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! Dwight D. Eisenhower on history
Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. Dwight D. Eisenhower on history
There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home. Dwight D. Eisenhower on home
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 on hope
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 on hope
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D. Eisenhower on intelligence
If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. Dwight D. Eisenhower on intelligence
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Dwight D. Eisenhower on intelligence
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower on leadership
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 on leadership
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower on leadership
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. Dwight D. Eisenhower on life
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 on medical
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. Dwight D. Eisenhower on men