Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

Topics: Speech Quotes

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...

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...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

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 history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice -...

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

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified...

That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified...

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he...

Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he...

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those...

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...

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

We are proud because from the beginning of this nation man can walk upright no...

We are proud because from the beginning of this nation man can walk upright no...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of...

Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of...

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation,...

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...