Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

About Dwight D. Eisenhower:

Dwight David was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961, and the last U.S. President to have been born in the 19th century. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO.
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In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. 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 D. 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 D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.

Dwight D. 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 D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Author Bio

  • NameDwight D. Eisenhower
  • DescriptionAmerican general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
  • AliasesDwight David Eisenhower; Ike; Dwight Eisenhower; David Dwight Eisenhower
  • BornOctober 14, 1890
  • DiedMarch 28, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Writer; Officer
  • AwardsAtoms For Peace Award; Companion Of The Liberation; Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Oak Crown; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Wissam El Alaouite; Legionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Order Of Victory; Africa Star; Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army); Mexican Border Service Medal; World War I Victory Medal; American Defense Service Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Army Of Occupation Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Order Of Aeronautical Merit; Order Of The Southern Cross; Order Of Leopold; Order Of The White Lion; Order Of The Elephant; Virtuti Militari; Order Of Polonia Restituta; Order Of The Royal House Of Chakri; Order Of Glory