I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you…

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

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Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read...

Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

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...

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 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...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

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...

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

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.

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.

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...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power.

Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power.