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A foundation of our American way of life is our national respect for law.
Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock (1957)
From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city, every village, and every rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.
That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield.
Farewell address (1961)
Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.
Farewell address (1961)
The details of such disarmament programs are manifestly critical and complex.
The Chance for Peace (1953)
In the transformation from a rural to an urban society, children are — though they might not agree — robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work.
At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends (1967)
Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Contemplating the cost of modern war, Ike exclaimed one day: "You might as well go out and shoot everyone you see then shoot yourself."
Jim Newton (2011)
Steady, Monty. You can't speak to me like that. I'm your boss.
Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen.
Now I think, speaking roughly, by leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.
The Federal Career Service: A Look Ahead (1954)
Freedom under law is like the air we breathe.
Remarks on the Observation of Law Day (1958)
One circumstance that helped our character development: we were needed.
At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends (1967)
Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.
Farewell address (1961)
You just can't have this kind of war. There aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
Address to the American People on the Situation in Little Rock (1957)
I do have one instruction for you, General. Do something about that damned football team.
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning. Fake reputations, habits of glib and clever speech, and glittering surface performance are going to be discovered.
May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly — until at last the darkness is no more. May the turbulence of our age yield to a true time of peace, when men and nations shall share a life that honors the dignity of each, the brotherhood of all.