Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.
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.
I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership
All from Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890 - 1969
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