Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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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.

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...

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The sergeant is the Army.

The sergeant is the Army.

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.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

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.

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...

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...

War settles nothing.

War settles nothing.

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 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...

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...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

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...