649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

We view our Nation's strength and security as a trust, upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere.

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference." (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)

Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for those who followed them. Because every American generation attacked its problems with fresh vigor, we have peopled a continent, subdued its prairies and wilderness, tamed its rivers and devoted its resources to the betterment of those who dwell in it.

Plans are useless, but planning is essential.

In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.