Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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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 free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

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...

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than...

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

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

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 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...

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by...

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by...

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...

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...

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force,...

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force,...

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.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

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...

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday...

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday...