Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. 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. Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates. War settles nothing. We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you? What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America. When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything. When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept. 'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use. You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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