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

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

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If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

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...

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights...

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before

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

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

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...

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...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -...

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...

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to...

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to...

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in...

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in...