Dwight D. Eisenhower

If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.

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

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

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.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.