Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

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.

How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

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

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.