When the shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and without it, all rights would soon disappear

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

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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.

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.

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...

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking...

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

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

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...

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...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with...

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

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...

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do...

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one...

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...

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...

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...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

Institutions -- government, churches, industries, and the like -- have properly no other function than...

Institutions -- government, churches, industries, and the like -- have properly no other function than...