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
In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money.
Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.
For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.
The day will come when the people will make so insistent their demand that there be peace in the world that the Governments will get out of the way and let them have peace.
So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual war and to insure survival in event of attack. This alertness to danger has to be translated into specific policies and activities in the several parts of the world where our rights - our way of life - can be seriously damaged. Work of this kind occupies my days and nights.
Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
The final battle against intolerance is to be fought -- not in the chambers of any legislature -- but in the hearts of men.
There is one thing about being President -- nobody can tell you when to sit down.
War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.
My ambition in the Army was to make everybody I worked for regretful when I was ordered to other duty.
You know, this is what I've always thought a college should look like.
[on the atomic bomb] It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.