Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”

“Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.”

“Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.”

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

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

“The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.”

“One day the people of the world will want peaceso much that the governments will have to get outof their way and give it to them.”

“In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?”

“We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”

“Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.”

“The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.”

“War settles nothing.”

“I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.”

“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”

“It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.”

“From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.”

“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”

“Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.”