I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

Topics: Dwight D Eisenhower Quotes

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone...

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone...

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

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...

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon...

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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...

The sergeant is the Army.

The sergeant is the Army.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

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...

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 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...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

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

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