You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Quote by Dwight D Eisenhower

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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 deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's...

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders...

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders...

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final...

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final...

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...

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really...

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...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will...

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...

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

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...

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

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...

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do...

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have...

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...