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" The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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" This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. "

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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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" The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both. "

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" There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home. "

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" In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? "

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" What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. "

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" You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. "

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" The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am. "

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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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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