I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

Topics: Government Quotes

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

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...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with...

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,...

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...

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...

We are proud because from the beginning of this nation man can walk upright no...

We are proud because from the beginning of this nation man can walk upright no...

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...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge...

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge...