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
Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes about
Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.
Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless
I don't think the United States needs superpatriots. We need patriotism, honestly practiced by all of us, and we don't need these people that are more patriotic than you or anyone else.
Planning is useless... but the process itself is indispensable.
There are no victories at discount prices.
How can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.
We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.
... The future is very markedly in your hands, its value and its moral standing in the world and among ourselves. If you will take the power you have and use it, I have no fear of the outcome of the future.
Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.
A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.
If people get together, so eventually will nations.
Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.
We are proud because from the beginning of this nation man can walk upright no matter who he is or who she is. He can walk upright and meet his friend or his enemy... And he does not fear that, because that enemy may be in a position of great power... that he can be suddenly thrown in jail to rot here without charges and with no recourse to justice. We have the Habeas Corpus Act and we respect it.