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Political Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Today in America, unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions and…
- I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.
- Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not…
- A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for…
- Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.
- In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general…
- Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party…
- Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
- Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
- I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he…
- Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not…
- Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
- Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party…
- As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering…
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- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
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