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

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

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...

Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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....

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

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...

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...

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

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.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders...

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders...

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left...

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left...

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

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 put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

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...