Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhowerwas an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth14 October 1890
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.
In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.
I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.
Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.
Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.
There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.