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

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

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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...

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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

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

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

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...

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

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

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

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...

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

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...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.