Quotes By Dwight D. Eisenhower

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

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.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

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.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.