“The right to challenge a man's judgment carries with it no automatic right to question his honor.”
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Famous Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
“The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.”
Source: The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956
“Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.”
Source: The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956
“Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.”
“The only answer to a regime that wages total cold war is to wage total peace.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
“The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957
Source: The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956
“The seeker is never so popular as the sought. People want what they can't get.”
“In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.”
“No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.”
“Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.”
Source: The papers: The chief of staff
“There is one thing about being President -- nobody can tell you when to sit down.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
“You know, this is what I've always thought a college should look like.”
“Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless”
“Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
“Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.”