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" 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 D. Eisenhower
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" I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? "
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" A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. "
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" Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. "
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" 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. "
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" Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. "
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" Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. "
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" May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. "
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" This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. "
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" The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. "
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" We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. "
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" From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. "
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" Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates. "
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" In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains. "
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" 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. "
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" We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. "
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" 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. "
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" Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy. "
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" Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. "
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