Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

Topics: People Change Quotes

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any...

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...

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether...

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether...

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...

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

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.

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...

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which...

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which...

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...

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...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

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.

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...

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone...

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone...

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...

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick...

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick...

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...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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...