I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

Topics: War Quotes

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

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

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...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

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...

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

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...

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

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

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

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and...

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and...