Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes And Sayings

Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. In 1951 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. After World War II, Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff under President Harry S. Truman and then accepted the post of President at Columbia University. Eisenhower’s main goals in office were to keep pressure on the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits.

The Most Terrible Job In Warfare Is To Be A Second Lieutenant Leading A Platoon When You Are On The Battlefield.

We Are Going To Have Peace Even If We Have To Fight For It.

The Supreme Quality For Leadership Is Unquestionably Integrity. Without It, No Real Success Is Possible, No Matter Whether It Is On A Section Gang, A Football Field, In An Army, Or In An Office.

Together We Must Learn How To Compose Differences, Not With Arms, But With Intellect And Decent Purpose.

I Have Found Out In Later Years That We Were Very Poor, But The Glory Of America Is That We Didn't Know It Then.

Some Years Ago I Became President Of Columbia University And Learned Within 24 Hours To Be Ready To Speak At The Drop Of A Hat, And I Learned Something More, The Trustees Were Expected To Be Ready To Speak At The Passing Of The Hat.

I Think That People Want Peace So Much That One Of These Days Government Had Better Get Out Of Their Way And Let Them Have It.

Farming Looks Mighty Easy When Your Plow Is A Pencil And You're A Thousand Miles From The Corn Field.

Some People Wanted Champagne And Caviar When They Should Have Had Beer And Hot Dogs.

We Must Guard Against The Acquisition Of Unwarranted Influence, Whether Sought Or Unsought, By The Military-industrial Complex.

Should Any Political Party Attempt To Abolish Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, And Eliminate Labor Laws And Farm Programs, You Would Not Hear Of That Party Again In Our Political History.

Leadership Is The Art Of Getting Someone Else To Do Something You Want Done Because He Wants To Do It.

This World Of Ours... Must Avoid Becoming A Community Of Dreadful Fear And Hate, And Be, Instead, A Proud Confederation Of Mutual Trust And Respect.

What Counts Is Not Necessarily The Size Of The Dog In The Fight - It's The Size Of The Fight In The Dog.

Any Man Who Wants To Be President Is Either An Egomaniac Or Crazy.

This Desk Of Mine Is One At Which A Man May Die, But From Which He Cannot Resign.

I Have One Yardstick By Which I Test Every Major Problem - And That Yardstick Is: Is It Good For America?

I Shall Make That Trip. I Shall Go To Korea.

If A Problem Cannot Be Solved, Enlarge It.

Don't Join The Book Burners. Do Not Think You Are Going To Conceal Thoughts By Concealing Evidence That They Ever Existed.

'Worry' Is A Word That I Don't Allow Myself To Use.

There Is Nothing Wrong With America That Faith, Love Of Freedom, Intelligence, And Energy Of Her Citizens Cannot Cure.

An Atheist Is A Man Who Watches A Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University Game And Doesn't Care Who Wins.

Only Strength Can Cooperate. Weakness Can Only Beg.

Motivation Is The Art Of Getting People To Do What You Want Them To Do Because They Want To Do It.

May We Never Confuse Honest Dissent With Disloyal Subversion.

The Spirit Of Man Is More Important Than Mere Physical Strength, And The Spiritual Fiber Of A Nation Than Its Wealth.

Pessimism Never Won Any Battle.

The Best Morale Exist When You Never Hear The Word Mentioned. When You Hear A Lot Of Talk About It, It's Usually Lousy.

Neither A Wise Man Nor A Brave Man Lies Down On The Tracks Of History To Wait For The Train Of The Future To Run Over Him.

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.

The Older I Get The More Wisdom I Find In The Ancient Rule Of Taking First Things First. A Process Which Often Reduces The Most Complex Human Problem To A Manageable Proportion.

There's No Tragedy In Life Like The Death Of A Child. Things Never Get Back To The Way They Were.

Though Force Can Protect In Emergency, Only Justice, Fairness, Consideration And Cooperation Can Finally Lead Men To The Dawn Of Eternal Peace.

How Far You Can Go Without Destroying From Within What You Are Trying To Defend From Without?

Peace And Justice Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin.

From Behind The Iron Curtain, There Are Signs That Tyranny Is In Trouble And Reminders That Its Structure Is As Brittle As Its Surface Is Hard.

If You Want Total Security, Go To Prison. There You're Fed, Clothed, Given Medical Care And So On. The Only Thing Lacking... Is Freedom.

I Thought It Completely Absurd To Mention My Name In The Same Breath As The Presidency.

I Despise People Who Go To The Gutter On Either The Right Or The Left And Hurl Rocks At Those In The Center.

I Feel Impelled To Speak Today In A Language That In A Sense Is New-one Which I, Who Have Spent So Much Of My Life In The Military Profession, Would Have Preferred Never To Use. That New Language Is The Language Of Atomic Warfare.

The Sergeant Is The Army.

The Clearest Way To Show What The Rule Of Law Means To Us In Everyday Life Is To Recall What Has Happened When There Is No Rule Of Law.

When You Put On A Uniform, There Are Certain Inhibitions That You Accept.

History Does Not Long Entrust The Care Of Freedom To The Weak Or The Timid.

A People That Values Its Privileges Above Its Principles Soon Loses Both.

Don't Think You Are Going To Conceal Thoughts By Concealing Evidence That They Ever Existed.

Things Have Never Been More Like The Way They Are Today In History.

We Will Bankrupt Ourselves In The Vain Search For Absolute Security.

An Intellectual Is A Man Who Takes More Words Than Necessary To Tell More Than He Knows.