Politics Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Like all successful politicians I married above myself.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The proper role of government, however, is that of partner with the farmer -- never his master. By every possible means we…

— 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

And they can appreciate, through personal experience, that the really decisive battleground of American freedom is in the hearts and minds of…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought, readiness to accept paternalistic measures by…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“To the USSR on Stalin's death: "Regardless of the identity of government personalities, the prayer of us Americans continues to be that…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

There is very little that our government or any government can do to plant the seeds of international understanding in the hearts…

— 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

“Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The day will come when the people will make so insistent their demand that there be peace in the world that the…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed,…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'… This is…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our forms of government - though both cast in the democratic pattern - are greatly different. Indeed, sometimes it appears that many…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower