I had been conscious of depression and so I voiced to (Sec. Of War Stimson) my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
We have won an armistice on a single battlefield, not peace in our world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Knowledge-full, unfettered knowledge of its own heritage, of freedom's enemies, of the whole world of men and ideas-this knowledge is a free people's surest… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperation among nations, can be fortified not by weapons of war but by wheat and… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I’m going to pass a law that no one can ask me my golf score. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
