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

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles...

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles...

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether...

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether...

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

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...

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

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...

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

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

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

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...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it...

In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it...