Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. Dwight D. Eisenhower Read Quote
