"No amphibious attack in history has approached this……" — Dwight D. Eisenhower
"No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and ant-like files of advancing troops ashore."
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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338 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.
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We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and…
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Controlled, universal disarmament is the imperative of our time. The demand for it by the hundreds of millions whose chief…
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Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
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Don't join the book burners... Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book.
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You can't have this kind of war. There just aren't enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.
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When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience,…
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This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that's the way…
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When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the…
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I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less…
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During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their…
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