Quotes

“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

“Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.” 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

“Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.” Dwight Eisenhower

“The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.” Dwight Eisenhower

“'Worry' is a word that I don't allow myself to use.” 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

“Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.” Dwight Eisenhower

“Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.” Dwight Eisenhower

“No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.” Dwight Eisenhower

“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.” Dwight Eisenhower

“The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.” 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

“Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.” Dwight Eisenhower

“This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.” Dwight Eisenhower

“Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?” Dwight Eisenhower

“The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.” Dwight Eisenhower

“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 will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.” Dwight Eisenhower

“If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.” Dwight Eisenhower

“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.” Dwight Eisenhower

“The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.” Dwight Eisenhower

“Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.” Dwight Eisenhower