I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

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

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

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...

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

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...

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...

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...

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass...

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to...

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

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...

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...

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

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

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...