“The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!” Dwight Eisenhower
“I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?” Dwight Eisenhower
“The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.” Dwight Eisenhower
“You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.” Dwight Eisenhower
“I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.” Dwight Eisenhower
“Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.” Dwight Eisenhower
“I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.” Dwight Eisenhower
“Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.” Dwight Eisenhower
“It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.” Dwight Eisenhower
“There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.” Dwight Eisenhower
“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.” Dwight Eisenhower
“I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.” Dwight Eisenhower
“The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.” Dwight Eisenhower