Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- thats assault, not leadership.

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.

shot through the heart, and youre to blame! you give love, a bad name.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

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.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.

One day the people of the world will want peaceso much that the governments will have to get outof their way and give it to them.

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.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Dont be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.

I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.

Pessimism never won any battle.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesnt care who wins.

Only Americans can hurt America.

When you appeal to force theres one thing you must never do - lose.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.