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

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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

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

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world...

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.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

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...

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...

Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.

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.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their...

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...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game...

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

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...

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...

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...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.