Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Before all else, we seek upon our common labor as a chance to serve each other."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can hate it."

"The older I get, the more I appreciate the importance of character."

"In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

"The truly free individual is free only to the extent of his self-discipline."

"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

"We succeeded because every man and woman in this command knew that we were dependent on each other."

"You don't have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference."

"I would rather try something and fail than try nothing and succeed."

"A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when you step out from the old to the new."

"Education will determine the survival of the free world."

"No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States."

"Democracy is not a static thing. It is an evolving thing."

"There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure."

"I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center."

"You will never get all the facts from just one newspaper."

"Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all."

"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."

"Farming looks simple until you get down to it."

"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader is necessary to the salvation of America."

"The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency."

"Statesmanship is developed in the laboratory of humility."

"Morale is when your men would rather be sick at the front than well at the rear."

"When people speak to you about something very important, look them in the eyes."

"The people of the world really want peace."

"The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."

"In the long history of the world, there have been many troubles which did not turn out as people expected."

"Unless there is common purpose, or a commoniety to work toward, people pull apart."

"What is important is that we secure the future of mankind in peace and with justice."

"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than is their hatred."