When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Quote by Dwight David Eisenhower

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights...

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago...

I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the...

I am no more humble than my talents require.

I am no more humble than my talents require.