649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence. And any who act as if freedoms defenses are to be found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America.

The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities ... We pay for a single fighter with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.