Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

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

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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog.

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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

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In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

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You don't lead by hitting people over the head — that's assault, not leadership.

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Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

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Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

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When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

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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.

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If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

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The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

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