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War Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower warns that an armistice on one battlefield does not equal lasting peace. He stresses that true peace comes from cooperation, wheat and cotton, not just weapons. He also reminds us that preventing a future world war is the only way to protect humanity.

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Public opinion wins wars.

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War settles nothing.

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We cannot risk living all our lives under emergency measures.

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The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.

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I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

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The only answer to a regime that wages total cold war is to wage total peace.

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Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.

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Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

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I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

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Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

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War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

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When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have…

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In opposing Communism, we are defeating ourselves if we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice.

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“The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.”

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Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely

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We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security…

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

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And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way…

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In this hope, among the things we teach to the young are such truths as the transcendent value of the individual and…

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The friendship of a dog is precious. It becomes even more so when one is so far removed from home… I have…

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If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for…

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War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.…

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I have spent my life in the study of military strength as a deterrent to war, and in the character of military…

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Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way…

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We know something of the cost of that war. We were in it from December seventh, '41, till August of '45. Ever…

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You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its…

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The hope of the world is that wisdom can arrest conflict between brothers. I believe that war is the deadly harvest of…

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Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is…

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With 450,000 U. S. troops now in Vietnam, it is time that Congress decided whether or not to declare a state of…

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It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and…

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I had been conscious of depression and so I voiced to (Sec. Of War Stimson) my grave misgivings, first on the basis…

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In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future. From this day forward, the millions…

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When we get to the point, as we one day will, that both sides know that in any outbreak of general hostilities,…

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A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today. How could you have one if one of its features would be…

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The world must know what happened, and never forget.

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Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

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There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

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When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

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

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

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Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other…

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The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperation among nations, can be fortified not by weapons of war but by wheat and…

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The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.

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I’m going to pass a law that no one can ask me my golf score.

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For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.

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Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

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Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.

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