Dwight David Eisenhower Quotes

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

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.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

We face a hostile ideology (communism): global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method.

You have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the “falling domino” principle. You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. (Explanation as to why Indochina would not be […]

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

That was and still is the great disaster of my life – that lovely, lovely little boy… There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. (on the death of his first son Doud Dwight (“Icky”) at age three)

The qualities of a great man are: vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

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