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: Peace 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.

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

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.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...

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...

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...

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

My job is to make people money. If I don't include every factor that moves...

My job is to make people money. If I don't include every factor that moves...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the...