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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

Book by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 13 quotes · War, People, Military

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954 Quotes

“A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today. How could you have one if one of its features would be several cities lying in ruins, several cities where many, many thousands of people would be dead and injured and mangled, the transportation systems destroyed, sanitation implements and systems all gone? That isn't preventive war; that is war.”

“They [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the divine rights of the common man. That doctrine has ever since been the heart of the American faith.”

“From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our Nation and our people to the Almighty.”

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

“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.”