Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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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...

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...

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...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,...

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

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...

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...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

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...

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.

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.