In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

Topics: Dwight D Eisenhower Quotes

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

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...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles...

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of...

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I...

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

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...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the...

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...

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...

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do...

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do...

Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.

Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.

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...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

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...

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is...

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is...

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...

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...

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final...

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final...