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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Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must n...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of the way and let them have it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes yo...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded… in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must als...

Dwight D. Eisenhower

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

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.

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