“Plans are useless, but planning is essential.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.”
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
“Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is integrity.”
“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.”
“Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.”
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
“Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.”
“No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one.”
“Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.”
“Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.”
“Pessimism never won any battle.”
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
“By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.”
“The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.”
“For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!”
“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.”
“Art is a universal language and through it each nation makes its own unique contribution to the culture of mankind.”
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
“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.”
“Unless we progress, we regress.”
“You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.”
“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”
“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”
“The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.”
“Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.”
“The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.”
“Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it’s worthless.”
“There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.”
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
“The only things worth counting on are people you can count on.”
“God, I hate the Germans...”
“The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!”
“If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.”
“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.”
“Take your job seriously, but not yourself.”
“The sergeant is the Army.”
“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
“United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God’s help, go forward to our greatest victory.”
“Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.”
“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.”
“No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.”
“The final battle against intolerance is to be fought – not in the chambers of any legislature – but in the hearts of men.”
“We will accept nothing less than full Victory!”
“It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.”
“Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.”
“The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.”
“Beware the military-industrial complex.”
“I’ll tell you what leadership is. It’s persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.”
“The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.”
“If our founding fathers were alive today, they’d roll over in their graves.”
“There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and ‘My, you’re looking good!’”
“If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.”
“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.”
“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.”
“Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.”
“Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace.”
“Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession – to defend it against every thrust from within or without.”
“Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.”
“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
“May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
“Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”
“Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God.”
“Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.”
“Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.”
“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”
“Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
“Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.”
“Preparing for battle, plans were essential. But once the battle was joined, plans were useless.”
“We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.”
“Well, it’s hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn’t have equal rights.”
“The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
“America is best described by one word, freedom.”
“The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.”
“Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.”
“Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.”
“Public opinion wins wars.”
“For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long as I remain your President, to work for this simple – this single – this exclusive goal.”
“A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.”
“Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.”
“In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.”
“To be true to one’s own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.”
“Teachers need our active support and encouragement. They are doing one of the most necessary and exacting jobs in the land. They are developing our most precious national resource: our children, our future citizens.”
“There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”
“This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.”
“Among these treasures of our land is water-fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used-but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.”
“I despise all adjectives that try to describe people as liberal or conservative, rightist or leftist, as long as they stay in the useful part of the road.”
“I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.”
“Peace signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.”
“The eyes of the world are upon you...”
“The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.”
“Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.”
“War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.”
“Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.”
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