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I Get Weary Of The European Habit Of Taking Our Money, Resenting Any Slight Hint As To What They Should Do, And Then Assuming, In Addition, Full Right To Criticize Us As Bitterly As They May Desire.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I Get Weary Of The European Habit Of Taking Our Money, Resenting Any Slight Hint As To What They Should Do, And Then Assuming, In Addition, Full Right To Criticize Us As Bitterly As They May Desire.

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Men Of Widely Divergent Views In Our Own Country Live In Peace Together Because They Share Certain Common Aspirations Which Are More Important Than Their Differences.... The Common Responsibility Of All Americans Is To Become Effective, Helpful Participants In A Way Of Life That Blends And Harmonizes The Fiercely Competitive Demands Of The Individual And Society.

Don't Join The Book Burners... Don't Be Afraid To Go In Your Library And Read Every Book.

The Hope Of The World Is That Wisdom Can Arrest Conflict Between Brothers. I Believe That War Is The Deadly Harvest Of Arrogant And Unreasoning Minds. And I Find Grounds For This Belief In The Wisdom Literature Of Proverbs. It Says In Effect This: Panic Strikes Like A Storm And Calamity Comes Like A Whirlwind To Those Who Hate Knowledge And Ignore Their God.

I Would Rather Try To Persuade A Man To Go Along, Because Once I Have Persuaded Him, He Will Stick. If I Scare Him, He Will Stay Just As Long As He Is Scared, And Then He Is Gone.

Preventive War Was An Invention Of Hitler. I Would Not Even Listen To Anyone Seriously That Came And Talked About Such A Thing.

The President Cannot Escape From His Office.

The Righteousness Of Men Should Be Treated With The Same Respect That One Would Accord To A Rattlesnake. Things Are More Like They Are Now Than They Ever Were Before.

Not Only Do I Have A Great Love For The Game Of Golf - No Matter How Badly I Play It - But I Have Also The Belief That Through Every Kind Of Meeting, Through Every Kind Of Activity To Which We Can Bring Together More Often And More Intimately Peoples Of Our Several Countries, By That Measure We Will Do Something To Solve The Difficulties And The Tensions That This Poor Old World Seems Nowadays To So Much Endure.

When Pressure Mounts And Strain Increases Everyone Begins To Show The Weaknesses In His Makeup. It Is Up To The Commander To Conceal His: Above All To Conceal Doubt, Fear, And Distrust.

First, Separate Ground, Sea And Air Warfare Is Gone Forever. This Lesson We Learned In World War Ii. I Lived That Lesson In Europe. Others Lived It In The Pacific. Millions Of American Veterans Learned It Well.

American Veterans

I Hate War As Only A Soldier Who Has Lived It Can, Only As One Who Has Seen Its Brutality, Its Futility, Its Stupidity.

The Problem In Defense Is How Far You Can Go Without Destroying From Within What You Are Trying To Defend From Without.

Though Force Can Protect In Emergency, Only Justice, Fairness, Consideration And Cooperation Can Finally Lead Men To The Dawn Of Eternal Peace.

Any Nations Right To A Form Of Government And Economic System Of Its Own Choosing Is Inalienable. Any Nations Attempt To Dictate To Other Nations Their Form Of Government Is Indefensible.

May We Grow In Strength — Without Pride In Self. May We, In Our Dealings With All Peoples Of The Earth, Ever Speak Truth And Serve Justice. And So Shall America — In The Sight Of All Men Of Good Will — Prove True To The Honorable Purposes That Bind And Rule Us As A People In All This Time Of Trial Through Which We Pass.

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