Military Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Beware the military-industrial complex.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Beware the influence of the military-industrial complex.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists,…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In this war, which was total in every sense of the word, we have seen many great changes in military science. It…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not a struggle merely of economic theories, or forms of government or of military power. At issue is the true…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Now all of us deplore this vast military spending. Yet, in the face of the Soviet attitude, we realize its necessity. Whatever…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower