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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.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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.

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Disorganization

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A World That Begins To Witness The Rebirth Of Trust Among Nations Can Find Its Way To A Peace That Is Neither Partial Nor Punitive. With All Who Will Work In Good Faith Toward Such A Peace, We Are Ready, With Renewed Resolve, To Strive To Redeem The Near-lost Hopes Of Our Day.

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Only Our Individual Faith In Freedom Can Keep Us Free.

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

Always Try To Associate Yourself Closely With And Learn As Much As You Can From Those Who Know More Than You, Who Do Better Than You, Who See More Clearly Than You. Apart From The Rewards Of Friendship, The Association Might Pay Off At Some Unforeseen Time - That Is Only An Accidental Byproduct. The Important Thing Is That The Learning Will Make You A Better Person.

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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.

The Only Way To Win World War Iii Is To Prevent It.

More Than Any Single Action By The Government Since The End Of The War, This One Would Change The Face Of America With Straightaways, Cloverleaf Turns, Bridges, And Elongated Parkways. Its Impact On The American Economy-the Jobs It Would Produce In Manufacturing And Construction, The Rural Areas It Would Open Up-was Beyond Calculation.

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

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

I Can Think Of Nothing More Boring For The American People Than To Have To Sit In Their Living Rooms For A Whole Half Hour Looking At My Face On Their Television Screens.

When People Speak To You About A Preventive War, You Tell Them To Go And Fight It. After My Experience, I Have Come To Hate War.

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.

Beware The Influence Of The Military-industrial Complex.

As Nuclear And Other Technological Achievements Continue To Mount, The Normal Life Span Will Continue To Climb. The Hourly Productivity Of The Worker Will Increase.

First, Separate Ground, Sea And Air Warfare Is Gone Forever. If Ever Again We Should Be Involved In War, We Will Fight It In All Elements, With All Services, As One Single Concentrated Effort.

I’m Going To Pass A Law That No One Can Ask Me My Golf Score.

The Sergeant Is The Army.

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We Have Won An Armistice On A Single Battlefield, Not Peace In Our World. We May Not Now Relax Our Guard Nor Cease Our Quest.

If People Get Together, So Eventually Will Nations.

A Voter Without A Ballot Is Like A Soldier Without A Bullet.

The Best Morale Exist When You Never Hear The Word Mentioned. When You Hear A Lot Of Talk About It, It's Usually Lousy.

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

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Day To Day Living

If A Political Party Does Not Have Its Foundation In The Determination To Advance A Cause That Is Right And That Is Moral, Then It Is Not A Political Party; It Is Merely A Conspiracy To Seize Power.

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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.

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If I Didn't Have Air Supremacy, I Wouldn't Be Here.

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God, I Hate The Germans.

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Never Send A Battalion To Take A Hill If A Regiment Is Available.

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.

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

'peace And Friendship, In Freedom.'

From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our School Children Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty.

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.

We Must Achieve Both Security And Solvency. In Fact, The Foundation Of Military Strength Is Economic Strength.

Organizations Cannot Make A Genius Out Of An Incompetent. On The Other Hand, Disorganization Can Scarcely Fail To Result In Efficiency.

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

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