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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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...

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force,...

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force,...

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...

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

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...

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what...

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what...

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

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

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

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left...

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left...

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...

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

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...

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.

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

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 have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory...

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory...

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life...

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life...

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and...