649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen.

Having established as our goals a lasting world peace with justice and the security of freedom on this earth, we must be prepared to make whatever sacrifices are demanded as we pursue this path to its end.

Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.

How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward light? Are we nearing the light-a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely