Top 350 Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “America is best described by one word, freedom.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

102. “In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

103. “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

105. “Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

106. “When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

107. “There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

108. “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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

109. “A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

110. “If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

111. “The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

112. “The eyes of the world are upon you...”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

113. “Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

114. “Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

115. “We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

116. “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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

117. “There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

118. “Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

119. “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.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

120. “The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

121. “When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

122. “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

123. “We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

124. “Mob rule can not be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

125. “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

126. “Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief – and I don’t care what it is.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

127. “Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

128. “Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

130. “Well, it’s hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn’t have equal rights.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

131. “We are not saints. We know we make mistakes, but at least our heart is with the right cause.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

133. “Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

134. “It is well for us to pause, to acknowledge our debt to those who paid so large a share of freedom’s price.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

135. “So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

136. “We reject any idea that one race of people is in any way better than another.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

137. “Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

138. “The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

139. “War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

140. “But all history has taught us the grim lesson that no nation has ever been successful in avoiding the terrors of war by refusing to defend its rights – by attempting to placate aggression.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

141. “Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

142. “In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

143. “We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

144. “First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

145. “The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength-and strength alone.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

146. “I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

147. “No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one’s best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one’s duty.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

148. “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

149. “Only Americans can hurt America.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

150. “We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower