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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace, War, Military
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.524, Best Books on

Never lose your temper, except intentionally.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Temper, Loses

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Strength, Weakness, Cooperation

Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Moving, Historical, Steps

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
Respect, Fear, Hate
Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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
Responsibility, Men, Giving

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
Spiritual, Book, Reality

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Black And White, People, Gutters

It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Teamwork, People, Team Building

As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government, Looks, Spending

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership, Art, Business
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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
Life, Change, Wise
1952 In Time, 6 Oct.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hurt, America, Hurt Feelings

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inspirational, Motivational, New Year

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success, Past, Perspective

If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Integrity, Teaching, Men

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Important, Urgent

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership, Motivation, Military
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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
Peace, Freedom, Rights
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.219, Best Books on

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership, Nature, Motivation
Eisenhower, Dwight D (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956”, p.798, Best Books on

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace, Military, War
Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., 16 Apr. 1953

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
Islamic, Civilization, Achievement

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success, Thinking, Personality

Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity. When you delegate something to a subordinate, for example, it is absolutely your responsibility, and he must understand this. You as a leader must take complete responsibility for what the subordinate does. I once said, as a sort of wisecrack, that leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership, Integrity, Character
"Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character and Leadership". Book by Edgar F. Puryear Jr., p. 289, 1971.

Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government, Economic, Form
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.180, Best Books on