There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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

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

The sergeant is the Army.

The sergeant is the Army.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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

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

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which...

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which...

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

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

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

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

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

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

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

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