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

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 deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber...

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy...

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy...

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

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

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels...

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

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...

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...

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

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...

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...

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...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.