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Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Age: 78 †
Born: 1890
Born: October 14
Died: 1969
Died: March 28
34Th U.S. President
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God, I hate the Germans.
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[T]he rule of law does more than ensure freedom from high-handed action by rulers. It ensures justice between man and man however humble the one and however powerful the other. A man with five dollars in the bank can call to account the corporation with five billion dollars in assets-and the two will be heard as equals before the law.
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The proper role of government, however, is that of partner with the farmer -- never his master. By every possible means we must develop and promote that partnership -- to the end that agriculture may continue to be a sound, enduring foundation for our economy and that farm living may be a profitable and satisfying experience.
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Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as it is by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.
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The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.
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The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle.
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People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.
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To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.
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In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative.
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The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.
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Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.
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One small ball in the air. I wouldn't believe that at this moment you have to fear the intelligence aspects of this.
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The quest for peace is the statesman's most exacting duty... Practical progress to lasting peace is his fondest hope.
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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 national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is determined to destroy the creators.
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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
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Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.
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