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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Independence Day

1890–1969 United States

← All quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

8 quotes

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)

The general limits of your freedom are merely these: that you do not trespass upon the equal rights of others.

Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible--from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists.

The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

The Chance for Peace (1953)

Freedom under law is like the air we breathe.

Remarks on the Observation of Law Day (1958)

We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence. And any who act as if freedom's defenses are to be found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America.

Patriotism means equipped forces and a prepared citizenry. Moral stamina means more energy and more productivity, on the farm and in the factory. Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible—from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dwight D. Eisenhower (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.