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You Did Not Tell Me What You Are Doing Athletically Just Now But I Do Hope That If Your Arm Comes Along Next Spring You Can Get It In Good Shape To Try Out For The Pitching Spot On The Varsity. However, If You Don't Make It Then I Suggest You Take Up Golf Which After All Is The Best Game Of All Of Them.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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You Did Not Tell Me What You Are Doing Athletically Just Now But I Do Hope That If Your Arm Comes Along Next Spring You Can Get It In Good Shape To Try Out For The Pitching Spot On The Varsity. However, If You Don't Make It Then I Suggest You Take Up Golf Which After All Is The Best Game Of All Of Them.

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The Free World Must Not Prove Itself Worthy Of Its Own Past.

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Unless We Progress, We Regress.

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

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One Small Ball In The Air. I Wouldn't Believe That At This Moment You Have To Fear The Intelligence Aspects Of This.

The Eyes Of The World Are Upon You. The Hopes And Prayers Of Liberty-loving People Everywhere March With You.

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.

The People Of The World Genuinely Want Peace. Some Day The Leaders Of The World Are Going To Have To Give In And Give, It To Them.

. . .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.

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 Call Upon Those Who Love Freedom To Stand With Us Now. Together We Shall Achieve Victory.

I Never Saw A Pessimistic General Win A Battle.

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.

The President Cannot Escape From His Office.

The Spirit Of Man Is More Important Than Mere Physical Strength, And The Spiritual Fiber Of A Nation Than Its Wealth. The Bible Is Endorsed By The Ages. Our Civilization Is Built Upon Its Words. In No Other Book Is There Such A Collection Of Inspired Wisdom, Reality, And Hope.

Plans Are Nothing; Planning Is Everything.

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.

Any Survey Of The Free World's Defense Structure Cannot Fail To Impart A Feeling Of Regret That So Much Of Our Effort And Resources Must Be Devoted To Armaments.

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.

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[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.

A Nation's Hope Of Lasting Peace Cannot Be Firmly Based Upon Any Race In Armaments But Rather Upon Just Relations And Honest Understanding With All Other Nations.

Remember That It Is Not By A Tyrant's Words, But Only By His Deeds That We Can Know Him.

... 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.

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

To Have A Free, Peaceful And Prosperous World We Must Be Ever Stronger Particularly In The Spiritual Things....it Is American Belief In Decency And Justice And Progress And The Value Of Individual Liberty Because Of The Rights Conferred On Each Of Us By Our Creator That Willcarry Us Through.... There Must Be Something In The Heart As Well As The Head.

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.

Neither A Wise Man Nor A Brave Man Lies Down On The Tracks Of History To Wait For The Train Of The Future To Run Over Him.

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.

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.

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

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

May We Never Confuse Honest Dissent With Disloyal Subversion.

Each And All Of Us Must Summon To Mind The Words Of Him Whom We Honor This Easter Time: 'when A Strong Man, Armed, Keepeth His Palace, His Goods Are In Peace'.

I Do Not Believe That Any Political Campaign Justifies The Declaration Of A Moratorium On Ordinary Common Sense.

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