Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Unless we progress, we regress.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

A nation's hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

There is no such thing as human superiority.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

The world must know what happened, and never forget.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

...the right of the individual to elect freely the manner of his care in illness must be preserved.

God, I hate the Germans.

Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss.

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from outside, without undermining the economic health that supports our security.

We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead.

In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one.

I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory.

The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

Every gathering of Americans-whether a few on the porch of a crossroads store or massed thousands in a great stadium-is the possessor of a potentially immeasurable influence on the future.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely