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There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inspirational, Sports, Military

It is probably a pity that every citizen of each state cannot visit all the others, to see the differences, to learn what we have in common, and come back with a richer, fuller understanding of America - in all its beauty, in all its dignity, in all its strength, in support of moral principles.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Travel, Differences, America
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955”, p.619, Best Books on

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Men, Israel, Europe

The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government, People, Democracy

Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to be a happy and well world.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace, Nuclear, Alternatives

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Strength, Spiritual, Strong

Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest strength.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Knowledge, Men, Ideas
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.455, Best Books on

God, I hate the Germans.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hate, I Hate

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
Ambition, Optimistic, Capacity

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Funny, Witty, Truth

If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military, Order, Organization
1957 Address to the nation on Israel's invasion of Egypt, 20 Feb.

Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sports, Football, Teacher

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

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace, War, Farewell
Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. And now, as in no other age, we seek it because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace, Freedom, War
Second Inaugural Address, en.wikisource.org. January 21, 1957.

The Founding Father expressed in words for all to read the ideal of Government based upon the dignity of the individual. That ideal previously had existed only in the hearts and minds of men. They produced the timeless documents upon which the Nation is rounded and has grown great. They, recognizing God as the author of individual fights, declared that the purpose of Government is to secure those rights.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Father, Heart, Fighting

... four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 2--ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously, none of these is designed for combat.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senior, Airplane, Europe
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER “Crusade in Europe”

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership, Peace, Military
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957”, p.152, Best Books on

In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fear, War, Fire
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.607, Best Books on

When shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and without it, all rights would disappear.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rights, Support, Facts

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military, War, Clouds

Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Race, Law, Land
First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953

I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Believe, Democracy, Enterprise

The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sacrifice, Liberty, World
Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, delivered 16 April 1953, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C.

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success, Basketball, Motivation