Background Image

...

It Will Begin With Its President Taking A Simple, Firm Resolution. The Resolution Will Be: To Forego The Diversions Of Politics And To Concentrate On The Job Of Ending The Korean War-until That Job Is Honorably Done. That Job Requires A Personal Trip To Korea. I Shall Make That Trip. Only In That Way Could I Learn How Best To Serve The American People In The Cause Of Peace. I Shall Go To Korea.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

...

Please Wait....
Translating....

It Will Begin With

Dwight D. Eisenhower

...

It Will Begin With Its President Taking A Simple, Firm Resolution. The Resolution Will Be: To Forego The Diversions Of Politics And To Concentrate On The Job Of Ending The Korean War-until That Job Is Honorably Done. That Job Requires A Personal Trip To Korea. I Shall Make That Trip. Only In That Way Could I Learn How Best To Serve The American People In The Cause Of Peace. I Shall Go To Korea.

Views: 4

Topic

More From Dwight D. Eisenhower

No People On Earth Can Be Held, As A People, To Be An Enemy, For All Humanity Shares The Common Hunger For Peace And Fellowship And Justice.

War Is A Grim, Cruel Business, A Business Justified Only As A Means Of Sustaining The Forces Of Good Against Those Of Evil.

From Behind The Iron Curtain, There Are Signs That Tyranny Is In Trouble And Reminders That Its Structure Is As Brittle As Its Surface Is Hard.

I Will Not Get Into A Pissing Contest With That Skunk [joseph Mccarthy].

Joseph Mccarthy

What Counts Is Not Necessarily The Size Of The Dog In The Fight - It's The Size Of The Fight In The Dog.

Every Battle Is Going To Surprise You. No Plan Ever Survives Contact With The Enemy.

... Four Other Pieces Of Equipment That Most Senior Officers Came To Regard As Among The Most Vital To Our Success In Africa And Europe Were The Bulldozer, The Jeep, The 2--ton Truck, And The C-47 Airplane. Curiously, None Of These Is Designed For Combat.

In Most Communities It Is Illegal To Cry 'fire' In A Crowded Assembly. Should It Not Be Considered Serious International Misconduct To Manufacture A General War Scare In An Effort To Achieve Local Political Aims?

I Never Saw A Pessimistic General Win A Battle.

The Friendship Of A Dog Is Precious. It Becomes Even More So When One Is So Far Removed From Home.... I Have A Scottie. In Him I Find Consolation And Diversion... He Is The "one Person" To Whom I Can Talk Without The Conversation Coming Back To War.

It Is My Personal Conviction That Almost Any One Of The Newborn States Of The World Would Far Rather Embrace Communism Or Any Other Form Of Dictatorship Than Acknowledge The Political Domination Of Another Government, Even Though That Brought To Each Citizen A Far Higher Standard Of Living.

Plans Are Useless, But Planning Is Essential.

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.

The Teaching Of Their Ancient Belief Is Filled With Truth For The Present Day. Its Profound Sense Of Justice, Nation To Nation, Man To Man, Is An Essential Part Of Every Religious And Social Order. The Health Of Our Society Depends Upon A Deep And Abiding Respect For The Basic Commandments Of The God Of Israel.

I'm Saving That Rocker For The Day When I Feel As Old As I Really Am.

The United States Pledges Before You-and Therefore Before The World-its Determination To Help Solve The Fearful Atomic Dilemma-to Devote Its Entire Heart And Mind To Find The Way By Which The Miraculous Inventiveness Of Man Shall Not Be Dedicated To His Death, But Consecrated To His Life.

There Can Be No Peace Without Law.

More Than Ever Before, In Our Country, This Is The Age Of The Individual. Endowed With The Accumulated Knowledge Of Centuries, Armed With All The Instruments Of Modern Science, He Is Still Assured Personal Freedom And Wide Avenues Of Expression So That He May Win For Himself, His Family And His Country Greater Material Comfort, Ease And Happiness; Greater Spiritual Satisfaction And Contentment.

Plans Are Nothing; Planning Is Everything.

As It Is An Ancient Truth That Freedom Cannot Be Legislated Into Existence, So It Is No Less Obvious That Freedom Cannot Be Censored Into Existence.

With A Full Century Of Contrary Proof In Our Possession And Despite Our Demonstrated Capacity For Cooperative Teamwork, Some Among Us Seem To Accept The Shibboleth Of An Unbridgeable Gap Between Those Who Hire And Those Who Are Employed. We Miserably Fail To Challenge The Lie That What Is Good For Management Is Necessarily Bad For Labor; That For One Side To Profit, The Other Must Be Depressed. Such Distorted Doctrine Is False And Foreign To The American Scene Where Common Ideals And Purpose Permit Us A Common Approach Toward The Common Good.

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.

If Berlin Fell, The Us Would Lose Europe, And If Europe Fell Into The Hands Of The Soviet Union And Thus Added Its Great Industrial Plant To The Ussr's Already Great Industrial Plant, The United States Would Be Reduced To The Character Of A Garrison State If It Were To Survive At All.

The Spirit Of Man Is More Important Than Mere Physical Strength, And The Spiritual Fiber Of A Nation Than Its Wealth.

I Believe It Is A Tradition In Baseball That When A Pitcher Has A No-hitter Going, No One Reminds Him Of It.

Make It A Practice To Avoid Hating Anyone. If Someone's Been Guilty Of Despicable Actions, Especially Toward Me, I Try To Forget Him. I Used To Follow A Practice - Somewhat Contrived, I Admit - To Write The Man's Name On A Piece Of Scrap Paper, Drop It Into The Lowest Drawer Of My Desk, And Say To Myself: "that Finishes The Incident, And So Far As I'm Concerned, That Fellow." The Drawer Became Over The Years A Sort Of Private Wastebasket For Crumbled-up Spite And Discarded Personalities.

As Men And Women Of Character And Of Faith In The Soundness Of Democratic Methods, We Must Work Like Dogs To Justify That Faith.

When We Get To The Point, As We One Day Will, That Both Sides Know That In Any Outbreak Of General Hostilities, Regardless Of The Element Of Surprise, Destruction Will Be Both Reciprocal And Complete, Possibly We Will Have Sense Enough To Meet At The Conference Table With The Understanding That The Era Of Armaments Has Ended And The Human Race Must Conform Its Actions To This Truth Or Die.

Preparing For Battle, Plans Were Essential. But Once The Battle Was Joined, Plans Were Useless.

Beware The Military-industrial Complex.

Military Industrial Complex

You, Of Canada, Are Building A Magnificent Record Of Achievement. My Country Rejoices In It.

When You Put On A Uniform, There Are Certain Inhibitions That You Accept.

Should Any Political Party Attempt To Abolish Social Security Unemployment Insurance And Eliminate Labor Laws And Farm Programs You Would Not Hear Of That Party Again In Our Political History. There Is A Tiny Splinter Group Of Course That Believes You Can Do These Things. Among Them Are A Few Other Texas Oil Millionaires And An Occasional Politician Or Business Man From Other Areas. Their Number Is Negligible And They Are Stupid.

We Do Not Keep Security Establishments Merely To Defend Property Or Territory Or Rights Abroad Or At Sea. We Keep The Security Forces To Defend A Way Of Life.

You Can't Have This Kind Of War. There Just Aren't Enough Bulldozers To Scrape The Bodies Off The Streets.

Peace Signifies More Than The Stilling Of Guns, Easing The Sorrow Of War. More Than Escape From Death, It Is A Way Of Life. More Than A Haven For The Weary, It Is A Hope For The Brave.

You Realise Group Captain That This Might Be The Most Important Weather Forecast In History?

The Past Sharpens Perspective, Warns Against Pitfalls, And Helps To Point The Way.

Before A Battle, Planning Is Everything. Once The Fighting Has Begun, It's Worthless

Against The Dark Background Of The Atomic Bomb, The United States Does Not Wish Merely To Present Strength, But Also The Desire And The Hope For Peace.

Fortunately For Us And Our World, Young People Are Not Easily Discouraged. The Hopes Of The World Rest On The Fresh Outlook Of Young People

The More Baseball The Better. It Is A Healthful Sport And Develops Team Play And Initiative, Plus An Independent Attitude.

Through Unity Of Action We Can Be A Veritable Colossus In Support Of Peace. No One Can Defeat Us Unless We First Defeat Ourselves. Every One Of Us Must Be Guided By This Truth.

But We Know That Freedom Cannot Be Served By The Devices Of The Tyrant. As It Is An Ancient Truth That Freedom Cannot Be Legislated Into Existence, So It Is No Less Obvious That Freedom Cannot Be Censored Into Existence. And Any Who Act As If Freedoms Defenses Are To Be Found In Suppression And Suspicion And Fear Confess A Doctrine That Is Alien To America.

'peace And Friendship, In Freedom.'

If You Want Total Security, Go To Prison. There You're Fed, Clothed, Given Medical Care And So On. The Only Thing Lacking... Is Freedom.

Freedom Bestows On Us The Priceless Gift Of Opportunity - If We Neglect Our Opportunities We Shall Certainly Lose Our Freedom.

The Speed, Accuracy And Devastating Power Of American Artillery Won Confidence And Admiration From The Troops It Supported And Inspired Fear And Respect In Their Enemy.

We Cannot Risk Living All Our Lives Under Emergency Measures.

All Generalizations Are Inaccurate, Including This One.

Leadership Is The Art Of Getting Someone Else To Do Something You Want Done Because He Wants To Do It.

I Had Been Conscious A Feeling Of Depression And So I Voiced To [secretary Of War Stimson] My Grave Misgivings, First On The Basis Of My Belief That Japan Was Already Defeated And That Dropping The Bomb Was Completely Unnecessary, And Secondly Because I Thought That Our Country Should Avoid Shocking World Opinion By The Use Of A Weapon Whose Employment Was, I Thought, No Longer Mandatory As A Measure To Save American Lives. It Was My Belief That Japan Was, At This Very Moment, Seeking A Way To Surrender With A Minimum Loss Of 'face.'

The Supreme Belief Of Our Society Is The Dignity And Freedom Of The Individual. To The Respect Of That Dignity, To The Defense Of That Freedom, All Effort Is Pledged.

The World Moves, And Ideas That Were Once Good Are Not Always Good.

And They Can Appreciate, Through Personal Experience, That The Really Decisive Battleground Of American Freedom Is In The Hearts And Minds Of Our Own People... Each Day We Must Ask That Almighty God Will Set And Keep His Protecting Hand Over Us So That We May Pass On To Those Who Come After Us The Heritage Of A Free People, Secure In Their God-given Rights And In Full Control Of A Government Dedicated To The Preservation Of Those Rights.

Well, It's Hard For A Mere Man To Believe That Woman Doesn't Have Equal Rights.

Why Don't You Lay The Footpaths Where The Students Want To Walk?

We Have Never Stopped Sin By Passing Laws; And In The Same Way, We Are Not Going To Take A Great Moral Ideal And Achieve It Merely By Law.

Give Us, We Pray, The Power To Discern Clearly Right From Wrong, And Allow All Our Words And Actions To Be Governed Thereby, And By The Laws Of This Land. Especially We Pray That Our Concern Shall Be For All The People Regardless Of Station, Race, Or Calling.

We View Our Nation's Strength And Security As A Trust, Upon Which Rests The Hope Of Free Men Everywhere.

I Despise People Who Go To The Gutter On Either The Right Or The Left And Hurl Rocks At Those In The Center.

In The Service, When A Man Gives You His Word, His Word Is Binding. In Politics, You Never Know.

The Next Time You See One Of Those Squirrels Go Near My Putting Green, Take A Gun And Shoot It

There Has Been A Vigorous Acceleration Of Health, Resource And Education Programs Designed To Advance The Role Of The American Indian In Our Society. Last Fall, For Example, 91 Percent Of The Indian Children Between The Ages Of 6 And 18 On Reservations Were Enrolled In School. This Is A Rise Of 12 Percent Since 1953.

I Say When You Get Into A War, You Should Win As Quick As You Can, Because Your Losses Become A Function Of The Duration Of The War. I Believe When You Get In A War, Get Everything You Need And Win It.

Things Are More Like They Are Now Than They Ever Were Before.

The United States Strongly Seeks A Lasting Agreement For The Discontinuance Of Nuclear Weapons Tests. We Believe That This Would Be An Important Step Toward Reduction Of International Tensions And Would Open The Way To Further Agreement On Substantial Measures Of Disarmament.

We Are Particularly Thankful To You For Your Part In The Movement To Have The Words Under God Added To Our Pledge Of Allegiance. These Words Will Remind Americans That Despite Our Great Physical Strength We Must Remain Humble. They Will Help Us Keep Constantly In Our Minds And Hearts The Spiritual And Moral Principles Which Alone Give Dignity To Man.

The Essence Of War Is Fire, Famine, And Pestilence. They Contribute To Its Outbreak; They Are Among Its Weapons; They Become Its Consequences.

Fortunately For Us And Our World, Youth Is Not Easily Discouraged. Youth With Its Clear Vista And Boundless Faith And Optimism Is Uninhibited By The Thousands Of Considerations That Always Bedevil Man In His Progress. The Hopes Of The World Rest On The Flexibility, Vigor, Capacity For New Thought, And The Fresh Outlook Of The Young.

Compromise Is Like The Middle Of The Road; Always Safer To Walk On Than The Edges.

The Hand Of The Aggressor Is Stayed By Strength - And Strength Alone.

Not Making The Baseball Team At West Point Was One Of The Greatest Disappointments Of My Life, Maybe My Greatest.

Farming Looks Mighty Easy When Your Plow Is A Pencil And You're A Thousand Miles From The Corn Field.

For Any American Who Had The Great And Priceless Privilege Of Being Raised In A Small Town There Always Remains With Him Nostalgic Memories... And The Older He Grows The More He Senses What He Owed To The Simple Honesty And Neighborliness, The Integrity That He Saw All Around Him In Those Days.

A Sense Of Humor Is Part Of The Art Of Leadership, Of Getting Along With People, Of Getting Things Done.

During The Time I Have Had Wacs Under My Command, They Have Met Every Test And Task Assigned To Them...their Contributions In Efficiency, Skill, Spirit, And Determination Are Immeasurable.

Pull The String, And It Will Follow Wherever You Wish. Push It, And It Will Go Nowhere At All.

Beware The Influence Of The Military-industrial Complex.

[t]he Rule Of Law Does More Than Ensure Freedom From High-handed Action By Rulers. It Ensures Justice Between Man And Man However Humble The One And However Powerful The Other. A Man With Five Dollars In The Bank Can Call To Account The Corporation With Five Billion Dollars In Assets-and The Two Will Be Heard As Equals Before The Law.

In The Councils Of Government, We Must Guard Against The Acquisition Of Unwarranted Influence, Whether Sought Or Unsought, By The Military Industrial Complex. The Potential For The Disastrous Rise Of Misplaced Power Exists And Will Persist. We Must Never Let The Weight Of This Combination Endanger Our Liberties Or Democratic Processes. We Should Take Nothing For Granted. Only An Alert And Knowledgeable Citizenry Can Compel The Proper Meshing Of The Huge Industrial And Military Machinery Of Defense With Our Peaceful Methods And Goals, So That Security And Liberty May Prosper Together.

We Merely Want To Live In Peace With All The World.

In The Final Choice A Soldier's Pack Is Not So Heavy As A Prisoner's Chains.

You Will Enter The Continent Of Europe And, In Conjunction With The Other United Nations, Undertake Operations Aimed At The Heart Of Germany And The Destruction Of Her Armed Forces.

The Building Of Such A Peace Is A Bold And Solemn Purpose. To Proclaim It Is Easy. To Serve It Will Be Hard. And To Attain It, We Must Be Aware Of Its Full Meaning - And Ready To Pay Its Full Price.

Now This Brings Me To My Main Topic - Our Military Strength - More Specifically, How To Stay Strong Against Threat From Outside, Without Undermining The Economic Health That Supports Our Security.

We ... Must Avoid The Impulse To Live Only For Today, Plundering For Our Own Ease And Convenience The Precious Resources Of Tomorrow.

And The Other Was This: The Doctor Did Want To Take Off My Leg Because He Thought It Was Necessary. But You Must Remember Boys In Those Days Were Raised For Two Things: Work, And Then They Made Their Play; And If You Couldn't Play Baseball And Box And Play Football, Why, Your Life Was Ended. That Was In Our Boyish Minds.

Art Is A Universal Language And Through It Each Nation Makes Its Own Unique Contribution To The Culture Of Mankind.

The Older I Get The More Wisdom I Find In The Ancient Rule Of Taking First Things First. A Process Which Often Reduces The Most Complex Human Problem To A Manageable Proportion.

Inspirational Life

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

Today In America, Unions Have A Secure Place In Our Industrial Life. Only A Handful Of Reactionaries Harbor The Ugly Thought Of Breaking Unions And Depriving Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice. I Have No Use For Those - Regardless Of Their Political Party - Who Hold Some Vain And Foolish Dream Of Spinning The Clock Back To Days When Organized Labor Was Huddled, Almost As A Hapless Mass. Only A Fool Would Try To Deprive Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice.

Should Any Political Party Attempt To Abolish Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, And Eliminate Labor Laws And Farm Programs, You Would Not Hear Of That Party Again In Our Political History.

'worry' Is A Word That I Don't Allow Myself To Use.

When Shallow Critics Denounce The Profit Motive Inherent In Our System Of Private Enterprise, They Ignore The Fact That It Is An Economic Support Of Every Human Right We Possess And Without It, All Rights Would Disappear.

You Don't Lead By Hitting People Over The Head - That's Assault, Not Leadership.

. . .a Sense Of Humor Can Be A Great Help-particularly A Sense Of Humor About (oneself). William Howard Taft Joked About His Own Corpulence And People Loved It; Took Nothing From His Inherent Dignity. Lincoln Eased Tense Moments With Bawdy Stories, And Often Poked Fun At Himself-and History Honors Him For This Human Quality. A Sense Of Humor Is Part Of The Art Of Leadership, Of Getting Along With People, Of Getting Things Done.

I Thought It Completely Absurd To Mention My Name In The Same Breath As The Presidency.

Laughter Can Relieve Tension, Soothe The Pain Of Disappointment, And Strengthen The Spirit For The Formidable Tasks That Always Lie Ahead.

Civilization Owes To The Islamic World Some Of Its Most Important Tools And Achievements...the Muslim Genius Has Added Much To The Culture Of All Peoples.

There Are No Victories At Discount Prices.

If People Get Together, So Eventually Will Nations.

Because, Therefore, We Are Defending A Way Of Life, We Must Be Respectful Of That Way Of Life As We Proceed To The Solution Of Our Problem. We Must Not Violate Its Principles And Its Precepts, And We Must Not Destroy From Within What We Are Trying To Defend From Without.

The Search For A Scapegoat Is The Easiest Of All Hunting Expeditions.

[children Should Contribute] To A Family's Essential Survival And Happiness. [in] An Urban Society, Children Are ... Robbed Of The Opportunity To Do Genuinely Responsible Work.

I Like To Believe That People In The Long Run Are Going To Do More To Promote Peace Than Our Governments. Indeed, I Think That People Want Peace So Much That One Of These Days Governments Had Better Get Out Of The Way And Let Them Have It.

Some Politician Some Years Ago Said That Bad Officials Are Elected By Good Voters Who Do Not Vote.

Nothing Is Easy In War. Mistakes Are Always Paid For In Casualties And Troops Are Quick To Sense Any Blunder Made By Their Commanders.

For A Just And Lasting Peace, Here Is My Solemn Pledge To You: By Dedication And Patience We Will Continue, As Long As I Remain Your President, To Work For This Simple - This Single - This Exclusive Goal.

A Constitutional Amendment For Congressional Term Limits Could Never Achieve The Blessing Of Congress; It Could Be Initiated Only By The States.

War Is Mankind's Most Tragic And Stupid Folly; To Seek Or Advise Its Deliberate Provocation Is A Black Crime Against All Men.

I Believe We Must Be Strong Militarily, But Beyond A Certain Point Military Strength Can Become A National Weakness.

You Have A Row Of Dominoes Set Up; You Knock Over The First One, And What Will Happen To The Last One Is That It Will Go Over Very Quickly.

The Proper Role Of Government, However, Is That Of Partner With The Farmer -- Never His Master. By Every Possible Means We Must Develop And Promote That Partnership -- To The End That Agriculture May Continue To Be A Sound, Enduring Foundation For Our Economy And That Farm Living May Be A Profitable And Satisfying Experience.

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

I Also Ache At That Thought Your Majesty... But If They Do Not Offer The Sacrifice In Blood Now, We Will All Pay Dearly With Added Gallons Later. So If Some Most Die It Is In A Worthy Cause.

One Minute I'm Exactly What Churchill Described Me The Most Powerful Man In History. Now The Order's Given, Hell; I'm Just Audience Front Row Center To The Shoe. But A Corporal On Juno, A Private On Utah There The Ones Who Will Affect The Outcome Not Me. It's Up To Them Now.

Under The Clouds Of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross Of Iron.

If Men Can Develop Weapons That Are So Terrifying As To Make The Thought Of Global War Include Almost A Sentence For Suicide, You Would Think That Man's Intelligence And His Comprehension... Would Include Also His Ability To Find A Peaceful Solution.

There Is No Victory At Bargain Basement Prices.

If A Problem Cannot Be Solved, Enlarge It.

Of Course Overlord Did Not Fail. How Could It? With Some Many Fine Young Men And Women From All Corners Of The Earth All Determined To Do Their Best To Free A World Gone Half Mad.

My Ambition In The Army Was To Make Everybody I Worked For Regretful When I Was Ordered To Other Duty.

Some Day There Is Going To Be A Man Sitting In My Present Chair Who Has Not Been Raised In The Military Services And Who Will Have Little Understanding Of Where Slashes In Their Estimates Can Be Made With Little Or No Damage. If That Should Happen While We Still Have The State Of Tension That Now Exists In The World, I Shudder To Think Of What Could Happen In This Country

Let Us Solemnly Remember The Sacrifices Of All Those Who Fought So Valiantly, On The Seas, In The Air, And On Foreign Shores, To Preserve Our Heritage Of Freedom, And Let Us Reconsecrate Ourselves To The Task Of Promoting An Enduring Peace So That Their Efforts Shall Not Have Been In Vain.

Innovations And Discoveries Have Created New Industries Giving More And More Americans Better Jobs And Adding Greatly To The Prosperity And Well Being Of All.

I Have No Use For Those- Regardless Of Their Political Party- Who Hold Some Foolish Dream Of Spinning The Clock Back To Days When Unorganized Labor Was A Huddled, Almost Helpless Mass.

This Desk Of Mine Is One At Which A Man May Die, But From Which He Cannot Resign.

Mob Rule Can Not Be Allowed To Override The Decisions Of Our Courts.

How Can We Appraise A Proposal If The Terms Hurled At Our Ears Can Mean Anything Or Nothing, And Change Their Significance With The Inflection Of The Voice? Welfare State, National Socialism, Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Reactionary And A Regiment Of Others ... These Terms In Today's Usage, Are Generally Compounds Of Confusion And Prejudice. If Our Attitudes Are Muddled, Our Language Is Often To Blame. A Good Tonic For Clearer Thinking Is A Dose Of Precise, Legal Definition.

The Seeker Is Never So Popular As The Sought. People Want What They Can't Get.

Our Real Problem, Then, Is Not Our Strength Today; It Is Rather The Vital Necessity Of Action Today To Ensure Our Strength Tomorrow.

Ideas More Than Once Have Prevailed Against Naked Power. Guns And Aircraft Alone Do Not Make A State Powerful. Unless Force Is Backed Up By The Will Of The Great Body Of People It Loses Its Meaning.

We Know Something Of The Cost Of That War. We Were In It From December Seventh, '41, Till August Of '45. Ever Since That Time, We Have Been Waging Peace. It Has Had Its Ups And Downs Just As The War Did.

America Is Best Described By One Word, Freedom.

There Is A Kind Of Dictatorship That Can Come About Through A Creeping Paralysis Of Thought, Readiness To Accept Paternalistic Measures By Government, And Along With Those Measures Comes A Surrender Of Our Own Responsibilities And Therefore A Surrender Of Our Own Thought Over Our Own Lives And Our Own Right To Exercise The Vote. The Free System Gives The Right To Every Citizen To Do Something For Himself. Because He Has The Right, The Opportunity Is Always There.

It Is Not A Struggle Merely Of Economic Theories, Or Forms Of Government Or Of Military Power. At Issue Is The True Nature Of Man. Either Man Is The Creature Whom The Psalmist Described As A Little Lower Than The Angels ... Or Man Is A Soulless, Animated Machine To Be Enslaved, Used And Consumed By The State For Its Own Glorification. It Is, Therefore, A Struggle Which Goes To The Roots Of The Human Spirit, And Its Shadow Falls Across The Long Sweep Of Man's Destiny.

Controlled, Universal Disarmament Is The Imperative Of Our Time. The Demand For It By The Hundreds Of Millions Whose Chief Concern Is The Long Future Of Themselves And Their Children Will, I Hope, Become So Universal And So Insistent That No Man, No Government Anywhere, Can Withstand It.

The True Slogan Of A True Democracy Is Not `let The Government Do It' But Rather, 'let's Do It Ourselves'.... This Is The Spirit Of A People Dedicated To Helping Themselves And One Another.

I Have Just Realized That It Is Due To You, And To Mr. James Thomas And His Staff Of The Army Navy Country Club That The Putting Green Here On The White House Lawn Is Already In Such Excellent Condition. I Assure You That I Get A Great Deal Of Pleasure And Relaxation Out Of Using The Green In An Occasional Late Afternoon Hour . . .

There's No Tragedy In Life Like The Death Of A Child. Things Never Get Back To The Way They Were.

The National Government Was Itself The Creature Of The States...yet Today It Is Often Made To Appear That The Creature, Frankenstein-like, Is Determined To Destroy The Creators.

Any Time We Deny Any Citizen The Full Exercise Of His Constitutional Rights, We Are Weakening Our Own Claim To Them.

Firmness In Support Of Fundamentals, With Flexibility In Tactics And Methods, Is The Key To Any Hope Of Progress In Negotiation.

I'll Tell You What Leadership Is. It's Persuasion And Conciliation, And Education, And Patience.

The Supreme Quality Of Leadership Is Integrity.

Only Strength Can Cooperate. Weakness Can Only Beg.

Before All Else, We Seek, Upon Our Common Labor As A Nation, The Blessings Of Almighty God.

I Am Inclined By Nature To Be Optimistic About The Capacity Of A Person To Rise Higher Than He Or She Has Thought Possible Once Interest And Ambition Are Aroused.

Men And Women, Inspired By Faith In Man's Dignity, Goaded By Conviction In Man's Responsibility, Labored That This Land Might Be A Better Home For Those Who Followed Them. Because Every American Generation Attacked Its Problems With Fresh Vigor, We Have Peopled A Continent, Subdued Its Prairies And Wilderness, Tamed Its Rivers And Devoted Its Resources To The Betterment Of Those Who Dwell In It.

We Will Accept Nothing Less Than Full Victory!

No Amphibious Attack In History Has Approached This One In Size. Along Miles Of Coastline There Were Hundreds Of Vessels And Small Boats Afloat And Ant-like Files Of Advancing Troops Ashore.

The World No Longer Has A Choice Between Force And Law; If Civilization Is To Survive, It Must Choose The Rule Of Law.

If All That Americans Want Is Security, They Can Go To Prison. They'll Have Enough To Eat, A Bed And A Roof Over Their Heads. But If An American Wants To Preserve His Dignity And His Equality As A Human Being, He Must Not Bow His Neck To Any Dictatorial Government.

The Necessary And Wise Subordination Of The Military To Civil Power Must Be Sustained.

The Proudest Thing I Can Claim Is That I Am From Abilene.

Since The Advent Of Nuclear Weapons, It Seems Clear That There Is No Longer Any Alternative To Peace, If There Is To Be A Happy And Well World.

Love Of Liberty Means The Guarding Of Every Resource That Makes Freedom Possible-from The Sanctity Of Our Families And The Wealth Of Our Soil To The Genius [of] Our Scientists.

In This Way We Are Reaffirming The Transcendence Of Religious Faith In America's Heritage And Future. From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our Schoolchildren Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Every Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty. In This Way We Shall Constantly Strengthen Those Spiritual Weapons Which Forever Will Be Our Country's Most Powerful Resource In Peace And War.

Our Economy Is The Result Of Millions Of Decisions We All Make Every Day About Producing, Earning, Saving, Investing, And Spending.

We Succeed Only As We Identify In Life, Or In War, Or In Anything Else, A Single Overriding Objective, And Make All Other Considerations Bend To That One Objective.

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.

Whatever America Hopes To Bring To Pass In The World Must First Come To Pass In The Heart Of America.

[not Achieving A Nuclear Test Ban] Would Have To Be Classed As The Greatest Disappointment Of Any Administration Of Any Decade, Of Any Time And Of Any Party.

The Eyes Of The World Are Upon You.

That Was Not The Biggest Battle That Ever Was, But For Me It Always Typified One Thing; The Dash, The Ingenuity, The Readiness At The First Opportunity That Characterizes The American Soldier.

So Long As We Govern Our Nation By The Letter And Spirit Of The Bill Of Rights, We Can Be Sure That Our Nation Will Grow In Strength And Wisdom And Freedom.

For Every Obstacle There Is A Solution. Persistence Is The Key. The Greatest Mistake Is Giving Up!

Guns And Tanks And Planes Are Nothing Unless There Is A Solid Spirit, A Solid Heart, And Great Productiveness Behind It.

Dollars And Guns Are No Substitutes For Brains And Will Power.

There Is Nothing Wrong With America That Faith, Love Of Freedom, Intelligence, And Energy Of Her Citizens Cannot Cure.

We Will Bankrupt Ourselves In The Vain Search For Absolute Security.

Morale - The Will To Win, The Fighting Heart - Are The Honored Hallmarks Of The Football Coach And Player. Likewise, They Are Characteristic Of The Enterprising Executive, The Successful Troop Leader, The Established Artist And The Dedicated Teacher And Scientist.

It Is Only Common Sense To Recognize That The Great Bulk Of Americans, Whether Republican Or Democrat, Face Many Common Problems And Agree On A Number Of Basic Objectives.

Among These Treasures Of Our Land Is Water-fast Becoming Our Most Valuable, Most Prized, Most Critical Resource. A Blessing Where Properly Used-but It Can Bring Devastation And Ruin When Left Uncontrolled.

There Are A Number Of Things Wrong With Washington. One Of Them Is That Everyone Is Too Far From Home.

There Is No Glory In Battle Worth The Blood It Costs.

Together We Must Learn How To Compose Differences, Not With Arms, But With Intellect And Decent Purpose.

The Peace We Seek And Need Means Much More Than Mere Absence Of War. It Means The Acceptance Of Law, And The Fostering Of Justice, In All The World.

There Can Be No True Disarmament Without Peace, And There Can Be No Real Peace Without Very Material Disarmament.

I Come From The Very Heart Of America.

This World In Arms Is Not Spending Money Alone. It Is Spending The Sweat Of Its Laborers, The Genius Of Its Scientists, The Hopes Of Its Children.

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.

There Are Three Stages Of Life: Youth, Maturity, And 'my, You're Looking Good!'

I Feel Impelled To Speak Today In A Language That In A Sense Is New-one Which I, Who Have Spent So Much Of My Life In The Military Profession, Would Have Preferred Never To Use. That New Language Is The Language Of Atomic Warfare.

Freedom From Fear And Injustice And Oppression Will Be Ours Only In The Measure That Men Who Value Such Freedom Are Ready To Sustain Its Possession - To Defend It Against Every Thrust From Within Or Without.

Injustice And Oppression

War Is A Contest, And You Finally Get To A Point Where You Are Talking Merely About Race Suicide, And Nothing Else.

Legislation To Apply The Principle Of Equal Pay For Equal Work Without Discrimination Because Of Sex Is A Matter Of Simple Justice

Through Knowledge And Understanding We Will Drive From The Temple Of Freedom All Who Seek To Establish Over Us Thought Control - Whether They Be Agents Of A Foreign Power Or Demagogues Thirsty For Personal Power And Public Notice.

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.

We Are Not Saints. We Know We Make Mistakes, But At Least Our Heart Is With The Right Cause.

Humility Must Always Be The Portion Of Any Man Who Receives Acclaim Earned In The Blood Of His Followers And The Sacrifices Of His Friends.

Change Based On Principle Is Progress. Constant Change Without Principle Becomes Chaos.

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

Extremes To The Right And To The Left Of Any Political Dispute Are Always Wrong.

Life Is Certainly Only Worthwhile As It Represents Struggle For Worthy Causes. There Is No Struggle In Perfect Security. I Am Quite Certain That The Human Being Could Not Continue To Exist If He Or She Had Perfect Security.

Arms Alone Can Give The World No Permanent Peace, No Confident Security. Arms Are Solely For Defense - To Protect From Violent Assault What We Already Have. They Are Only A Costly Insurance. They Cannot Add To Human Progress.

Always Try To Associate Yourself With And Learn As Much As You Can From Those Who Know More Than You Do, Who Do Better Than You, Who See More Clearly Than You.

Better Than You

Politics Should Be The Part-time Profession Of Every Citizen.

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

Trending Author

Barbara Kingsolver

W. Eugene Smith

Category