No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one's duty. Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes From Dwight D. Eisenhower History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. Dwight D. Eisenhower veterans-dayfreedommilitary The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope. Dwight D. Eisenhower spiritualbookreality To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others. Dwight D. Eisenhower honor-and-respectfreedomessence Beware the military-industrial complex. Dwight D. Eisenhower military-industrial-complexsiriusmilitary We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. Dwight D. Eisenhower moneyinspirationalpeace Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples. Dwight D. Eisenhower islamicachievementcivilization 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. Dwight D. Eisenhower changewiselife Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Dwight D. Eisenhower better-than-youknowstrying Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as it is by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. Dwight D. Eisenhower powerfulofficehands A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding. Dwight D. Eisenhower understandingteachingteacher Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and depriving working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. I have no use for those - regardless of their political party - who hold some vain and foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. Dwight D. Eisenhower partydreammen make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to forget him. I used to follow a practice - somewhat contrived, I admit - to write the man's name on a piece of scrap paper, drop it into the lowest drawer of my desk, and say to myself: "That finishes the incident, and so far as I'm concerned, that fellow." The drawer became over the years a sort of private wastebasket for crumbled-up spite and discarded personalities. Dwight D. Eisenhower hatewritingmen But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence. And any who act as if freedoms defenses are to be found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America. Dwight D. Eisenhower tyrantsfreedomamerica There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. Dwight D. Eisenhower politicstragedychildren 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. Dwight D. Eisenhower respecthatefear This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis, and then the confidence to leave the result to a higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose. Dwight D. Eisenhower responsibilitygivingmen There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought, readiness to accept paternalistic measures by government, and along with those measures comes a surrender of our own responsibilities and therefore a surrender of our own thought over our own lives and our own right to exercise the vote. The free system gives the right to every citizen to do something for himself. Because he has the right, the opportunity is always there. Dwight D. Eisenhower responsibilityexerciselife Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens. Dwight D. Eisenhower encouragementteacherjobs The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow. Dwight D. Eisenhower personalitysuccessthinking Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. Dwight D. Eisenhower freedomrightspeace
