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
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Don’t join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Well, when you come down to it, I don’t see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you? – Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership. – Dwight D. Eisenhower