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

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

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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.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon...

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon...

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

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

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,...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

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...

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy...

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

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...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the...

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.