The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all. Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes From Dwight D. Eisenhower Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God. Dwight D. Eisenhower almightyblessingcommon Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. Dwight D. Eisenhower militarycloudswar I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy]. Dwight D. Eisenhower joseph-mccarthycoldwar I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon. Dwight D. Eisenhower hiroshima-and-nagasakisurrenderawful I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle. Dwight D. Eisenhower attitudeinspirationallife 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. Dwight D. Eisenhower prioritiesinspirational-lifefirsts And they can appreciate, through personal experience, that the really decisive battleground of American freedom is in the hearts and minds of our own people... Each day we must ask that Almighty God will set and keep His protecting hand over us so that we may pass on to those who come after us the heritage of a free people, secure in their God-given rights and in full control of a Government dedicated to the preservation of those rights. Dwight D. Eisenhower governmentrightsheart This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Dwight D. Eisenhower militarywarchildren If progress is to be steady we must have long term guides extending far ahead. Dwight D. Eisenhower progressguideslong America is best described by one word, freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower presidents-daypresidentialamerica I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? Dwight D. Eisenhower testsmilitaryamerica War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Dwight D. Eisenhower stupidmenwar There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Dwight D. Eisenhower energyloveamerica Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower businessleadershipart Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Dwight D. Eisenhower farewellwarpeace If you are waging peace, you can't be too particular sometimes about the special attitudes that different countries take. We were a young country once, and our whole policy for the first 150 years was, we were neutral. Dwight D. Eisenhower attitudecountryyears This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning. Fake reputations, habits of glib and clever speech, and glittering surface performance are going to be discovered. Dwight D. Eisenhower clevermorningmen The world must know what happened, and never forget. Dwight D. Eisenhower never-forgetwarworld I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused. Dwight D. Eisenhower optimisticambitioncapacity The things I saw beggar description ... The visual evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty, and bestiality were so overpowering as to leave me a bit sick. In one room, where there were piled up twenty or thirty naked men, killed by starvation, George Patton would not even enter. He said he would get sick if he did so. I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to "propaganda". Dwight D. Eisenhower menorderhands
