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

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Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

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

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

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...