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And Now, As In No Other Age, We Seek It [peace] Because We Have Been Warned, By The Power Of Modern Weapons, That Peace May Be The Only Climate Possible For Human Life Itself.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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And Now, As In No Other Age, We Seek It [peace] Because We Have Been Warned, By The Power Of Modern Weapons, That Peace May Be The Only Climate Possible For Human Life Itself.

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No One Should Ever Sit In This Office Over 70 Years Old, And That I Know.

There Is No Such Thing As Human Superiority.

In All Those Things Which Deal With People, Be Liberal, Be Human. In All Those Things Which Deal With The People's Money Or Their Economy Or Their Form Of Government, Be Conservative.

The Supreme Quality Of Leadership Is Integrity.

Kinship Among Nations Is Not Determined In Such Measurements As Proximity Of Size And Age.

Neither A Wise Man Nor A Brave Man Lies Down On The Tracks Of History To Wait For The Train Of The Future To Run Over Him.

Do Not Needlessly Endanger Your Lives Until I Give You The Signal.

It Is Well For Us To Pause, To Acknowledge Our Debt To Those Who Paid So Large A Share Of Freedom's Price.

The Opportunist Thinks Of Me And Today. The Statesman Thinks Of Us And Tomorrow.

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