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

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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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.

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...

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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

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

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that...

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that...

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday...

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday...

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a...

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a...

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...

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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...

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...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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...

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...