When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

Topics: War Quotes

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...

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to...

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to...

Pessimism never won any battle.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free

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...

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any...

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...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one...

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...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had...

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...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts...

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts...