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1890–1969 United States
Dwight David Eisenhower (14 October 1890 – 28 March 1969), also widely known by his nickname "Ike", was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, and achieved the rare five-star rank of General of the Army.
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In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.
Six Crises (1962)
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The work of Dr. Salk is in the highest tradition of selfless and dedicated medical research.
Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.
The history of free men is never really written by chance-but by choice-their choice.
War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.
The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.
Your task will not be an easy one.
To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.
The proudest human that walks the earth is a free American citizen.
The only way to win the next world war is to prevent it.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.
Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity.
Nineteen Stars : a Study in Military Character and Leadership (1971)
No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.
The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength — and strength alone.
A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today.
The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.
Atoms for Peace (1953)
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom provides.
The White House Years: Mandate for Change: 1953–1956: A Personal Account (1963)
Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem.
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