649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

The friendship of a dog is precious. It becomes even more so when one is so far removed from home.... I have a Scottie. In him I find consolation and diversion... he is the "one person" to whom I can talk without the conversation coming back to war.

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

Public opinion wins wars.

I believe that for the past twenty years there has been a creeping socialism spreading in the United States.

You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its easy to gamble a million lives. Whats hard is to see how that can hurt one single person. And if you cant keep that straight, hell, you'll lose your humanity.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.

. . .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.