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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight David Eisenhower, also known as Ike, was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. In his previous military career, he led the Allied Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, launched decisive campaigns in North Africa and Normandy and became a General of the Army.
“If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.”
“The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength — and strength alone.”
“You have got to have something in which to believe. You have got to have leaders, organization, friendships, and contacts that help you to believe that, and help you to put out your best.”
“Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”
“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.”
“[James R. Killian] saw Eisenhower a few months before his death. The former President asked about "my scientists" and said, "You know, Jim, this bunch of scientists was one of the few groups that I encountered in Washington who seemed to be there to help the country and not themselves."”
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