Quotes by 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

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 Eisenhower

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

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

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

Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight Eisenhower

War settles nothing. Dwight Eisenhower

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Dwight Eisenhower

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight Eisenhower

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight Eisenhower

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it. Dwight Eisenhower

Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking - is freedom. Dwight Eisenhower

May we, in our dealings with all the peoples of the earth, ever speak the truth and serve justice. Dwight D. Eisenhower