"In the summer of 1952, when I was……" — John Eisenhower
"In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments."
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John Eisenhower
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10 Quotes by John Eisenhower
John Eisenhower has 10 quotes on this site.
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As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican.…
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My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and…
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I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no…
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Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.
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The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.
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Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a…
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I was a lieutenant in World War II.
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You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later,…
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When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.
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Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet…
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
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My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition;…
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and…
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute…
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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