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
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Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
That was and still is the great disaster of my life-that lovely, lovely little boy.
I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of 'emergency' is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.
Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog
Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Why did we drop that god darn thing?
You do not lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership.
Peace is more the product of our day-to-day living than of a spectacular program, intermittently executed.
I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.
Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.