I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Glory Quotes, Poverty Quotes

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...

When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise,...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

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

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

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

The reward of slavery has been made to look perhaps more aesthetically pleasing than the...

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want...

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time...

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...