649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

The final battle against intolerance is to be fought -- not in the chambers of any legislature -- but in the hearts of men.

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.

Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms...is spending the genius of its scientists, the sweat of its laborers,

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.

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

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.