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“Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.”

Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“The day will come when the people will make so insistent their demand that there be peace in the world that the Governments will get out of the way and let them have peace.”

People World Way Government Peace Demand

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on.”

Causes Peace Behinds Security Military Goes On Cost Patient Aggressive Constructive Shields Military Power

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The only answer to a regime that wages total cold war is to wage total peace.”

War Peace Answers Cold Regimes Cold War Wages

Book: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, 1958

“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.”

Ifs Doe Political Politics Causes Party Moral Determination Foundation Conspiracy Political Parties

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956

“Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those who can least protect themselves. It strikes hardest those millions of our citizens whose incomes do not quickly rise with the cost of living. When prices soar, the pensioner and the widow see their security undermined, the man of thrift sees his savings melt away; the white collar worker, the minister, and the teacher see their standards of living dragged down.”

“The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.”

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

“Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.”

Use Activity Tools Method Preserves Employing

Book:The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956

Source: The white house years: mandate for change 1953-1956

“War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington - not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict.”

Men Way War Spirit Black Mankind Crime Stupid Conflict Trade Threat Defense Warrior Folly Tragic Justify Deliberate Resorts Advise Provocation American Way Of Life

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I want every family in America to have a carpet on the floor and a picture on the wall. After bread, you've got to have a picture on the wall.”

Want America Wall Bread Carpet

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

Ifs Men Giving Looks White Money Hell Society Empty Bottom Superiors Convince Pockets Black People Superiority Lowest Presidency White Man Convincing Noticing

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson