There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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

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

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...

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.

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...

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests....

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...

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.

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...

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...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend...

Only Americans can hurt America.

Only Americans can hurt America.

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...

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.

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...

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and...

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.

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...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and...

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.

In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it...

In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it...