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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.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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We Seek Peace, Knowing

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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.

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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.

Only A Fool Would Try To Deprive Working Men And Working Women Of Their Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice.

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

To Blend, Without Coercion, The Individual Good And The Common Good Is The Essence Of Citizenship In A Free Country.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

If People Get Together, So Eventually Will Nations.

This Operation Is Not Being Planned With Any Alternatives. This Operation Is Planned As A Victory, And That's The Way It's Going To Be. We're Going Down There, And We're Throwing Everything We Have Into It, And We're Going To Make It A Success.

[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.

Don't Join The Book Burners. Do Not Think You Are Going To Conceal Thoughts By Concealing Evidence That They Ever Existed.

Forces Of Good And Evil Are Massed And Armed And Opposed As Rarely Before In History. Freedom Is Pitted Against Slavery; Lightness Against The Dark... In The Final Choice, A Soldier's Pack Is Not So Heavy A Burden As A Prisoner's Chains.

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.

Without God There Could Be No American Form Of Government, Nor An American Way Of Life. Recognition Of The Supreme Being Is The First, The Most Basic, Expression Of Americanism. Thus, The Founding Fathers Of America Saw It, And Thus With God's Help, It Will Continue To Be.

The Unity Of All Who Dwell In Freedom Is Their Only Sure Defense.

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

No Easy Problems Ever Come To The President Of The United States. If They Are Easy To Solve, Someone Else Has Solved Them.

There Is One Thing About Being President -- Nobody Can Tell You When To Sit Down.

Kinship Among Nations Is Not Determined In Such Measurements As Proximity Of Size And Age. Rather We Should Turn To Those Inner Things - Call Them What You Will - I Mean Those Intangibles That Are The Real Treasures Free Men Possess.

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

By Mutual Respect, Understanding And With Good Will We Can Find Acceptable Solutions To Any Problems Which Exist Or May Arise Between Us.

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

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