This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower More Quotes From Dwight D. Eisenhower Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled. Dwight D. Eisenhower landblessingwater Take your job seriously, but not yourself Dwight D. Eisenhower jobs In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future. From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource in peace and war. Dwight D. Eisenhower religiousspiritualcountry The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperation among nations, can be fortified not by weapons of war but by wheat and cotton, by milk and wool, by meat and timber, and by rice. These are words that translate into every language. Dwight D. Eisenhower milkwheatwar I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater and greater centralization of authority and greater and greater dependence upon the Federal Treasury are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed against us. Dwight D. Eisenhower armygovernmentbelieve Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life. Dwight D. Eisenhower governmentwould-beway I also ache at that thought your majesty... But if they do not offer the sacrifice in blood now, we will all pay dearly with added gallons later. So if some most die it is in a worthy cause. Dwight D. Eisenhower sacrificehistoryblood The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude. Dwight D. Eisenhower baseballattitudesports As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money. Dwight D. Eisenhower spendinggovernmentlooks Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless Dwight D. Eisenhower planningbattlefighting No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, someone else has solved them. Dwight D. Eisenhower united-statespresidentleadership Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights. Dwight D. Eisenhower rightsmenbelieve Beware the influence of the military-industrial complex. Dwight D. Eisenhower complexesinfluencemilitary For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days. Dwight D. Eisenhower honestyintegritymemories The friendship of a dog is precious. It becomes even more so when one is so far removed from home.... I have a Scottie. In him I find consolation and diversion... he is the "one person" to whom I can talk without the conversation coming back to war. Dwight D. Eisenhower dogfriendshipwar Ideas more than once have prevailed against naked power. Guns and aircraft alone do not make a state powerful. Unless force is backed up by the will of the great body of people it loses its meaning. Dwight D. Eisenhower powerfulgunideas Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges. Dwight D. Eisenhower middlecompromisewalks No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know. Dwight D. Eisenhower officeshouldyears Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders. Dwight D. Eisenhower troopsmistakewar We are so proud of our guarantees of freedom in thought and speech and worship, that, unconsciously, we are guilty of one of the greatest errors that ignorance can make - we assume our standard of values is shared by all other humans in the world. Dwight D. Eisenhower errorsignoranceguarantees
