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Why Are We Proud? We Are Proud, First Of All, Because From The Beginning Of This Nation, A Man Can Walk Upright, No Matter Who He Is, Or Who She Is. He Can Walk Upright And Meet His Friend - Or His Enemy; And He Does Not Fear That Because That Enemy May Be In A Position Of Great Power That He Can Be Suddenly Thrown In Jail To Rot There Without Charges And With No Recourse To Justice. We Have The Habeas Corpus Act, And We Respect It.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Why Are We Proud?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Why Are We Proud? We Are Proud, First Of All, Because From The Beginning Of This Nation, A Man Can Walk Upright, No Matter Who He Is, Or Who She Is. He Can Walk Upright And Meet His Friend - Or His Enemy; And He Does Not Fear That Because That Enemy May Be In A Position Of Great Power That He Can Be Suddenly Thrown In Jail To Rot There Without Charges And With No Recourse To Justice. We Have The Habeas Corpus Act, And We Respect It.

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

I Despise All Adjectives That Try To Describe People As Liberal Or Conservative, Rightist Or Leftist, As Long As They Stay In The Useful Part Of The Road.

People Talk About The Middle Of The Road As Though It Were Unacceptable. Actually, All Human Problems, Excepting Morals, Come Into The Gray Areas. Things Are Not All Black And White. There Have To Be Compromises. The Middle Of The Road Is All Of The Usable Surface. The Extremes, Right And Left, Are In The Gutters.

Black And White

The Future Of This Republic Is In The Hands Of The American Voter.

American Voters

I Think That People Want Peace So Much That One Of These Days Government Had Better Get Out Of Their Way And Let Them Have It.

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.

It Is Far More Important To Be Able To Hit The Target Than It Is To Haggle Over Who Makes A Weapon Or Who Pulls A Trigger.

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.

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.

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

I Have Found Out In Later Years That We Were Very Poor, But The Glory Of America Is That We Didn't Know It Then.

Ankles Are Nearly Always Neat And Good-looking, But Knees Are Nearly Always Not.

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.

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

America Is Best Described By One Word, Freedom.

I Assure You That It Is Our Desire And Intention To Keep The Doors Of Consultation Always And Fully Open. There Must Never Be A Final Word Between Friends.

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.

If The United Nations Once Admits That International Disputes Can Be Settled By Using Force, Then We Will Have Destroyed The Foundation Of The Organization And Our Best Hope Of Establishing A World Order.

The Federal Government Has A Responsibility To Manage Wisely Those Public Lands And Forests Under Its Jurisdiction Necessary In The Interest Of The Public As A Whole. ... In The Utilization Of These Lands, The People Are Entitled To Expect That Their Timber, Minerals, Streams And Water Supply, Wildlife And Recreational Values Should Be Safeguarded, Improved And Made Available Not Only For This But For Future Generations.

Leadership Consists Of Nothing But Taking Responsibility For Everything That Goes Wrong And Giving Your Subordinates Credit For Everything That Goes Well.

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 True Purpose Of Education Is To Prepare Young Men And Women For Effective Citizenship In A Free Form Of Government.

You Will Not Find It Difficult To Prove That Battles, Campaigns, And Even Wars Have Been Won Or Lost Primarily Because Of Logistics.

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 Is More Like It Is Now Then It Ever Has Before.

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

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

Don't Join The Book Burners!

Never Waste A Minute Thinking About People You Don't Like.

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