649 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

For all that we cherish and justly desire – for ourselves or for our children – the securing of peace is the first requisite.

To be true to one’s own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

If a man’s associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.

Ideologen sind Leute, die glauben, dass die Menschheit besser sei als der Mensch.

There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and ‘My, you’re looking good!’

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I’m not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.

When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he’d like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

In this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and war.

No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one’s best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one’s duty.