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53 Insightful Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes That Are Timeless

Famous As: 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
Born On: October 14, 1890
Died On: March 28, 1969
Born In: Denison, Texas, United States
Founder / Co Founder: NASA, People to People Student Ambassador Program, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, DARPA, United States Information Agency, The American Assembly, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, Business Counc
Died At Age: 78
Dwight David Ike Eisenhower was a soldier and politician, who served the United States Army as a five star general and went on to serve as the 34th President of the United States of America for two terms, ending in 1961. Eisenhower attended the United States Military Academy, informally known as West Point. He rose to become a five star general of the US Army and led the Allied Expeditionary Forces as its Supreme Commander during the Second World War. Following the war, he became the Army Chief of Staff and eventually, he was appointed as the President of Columbia University. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States after beating Robert A.Taft in the election in 1952 on the back of a campaign against communism and corruption. He was duly re-elected four years later. He served as President at an intensely volatile time, following the Second World War when the world was still recovering and the Cold War with the Soviet Union had just commenced. Eisenhower was without doubt one of the most prominent historical figures and expressed his thoughts on various subjects such as leadership, justice, and peace. We have excerpted Dwight D. Eisenhower's most famous quotes from his writings and speeches. Presenting, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s quotations and sayings on warships, military, politics, poverty and hatred.
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Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

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Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

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You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it's the size of the fight in the dog.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

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Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

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A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

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Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

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No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

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Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.

Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

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Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

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

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

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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. a

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. a

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.

The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins.

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

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

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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.

What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?

How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light—a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.

Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.

The world is more like it is now then it ever has before.

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.

The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

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

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower
I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]

I made two mistakes and both of them are sitting on the Supreme Court. [Referring to Earl Warren and William Brennan]

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