Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. In 1945 he was appointed U.S. Army chief of staff. He became the first Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in...
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 D. 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.
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.”
Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
“No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
“No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.”
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.”
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”
