First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. This lesson we learned in World War ii. I lived that lesson in Europe. Others lived it in the Pacific. Millions of American veterans learned it well.
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Citations by Dwight David Eisenhower
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
But finally, there is one other quality I would mention among these that I believe will fit you for difficult and important posts. This is a healthy and lively sense of humor.
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Each and all of us must summon to mind the words of Him whom we honor this Easter time: "When a strong man, armed, keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace".
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Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
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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.
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A sound nation is built of individuals sound in body and mind and spirit. Government dares not ignore the individual citizen.
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We know something of the cost of that war. We were in it from December seventh, '41, till August of '45. Ever since that time, we have been waging peace. It has had its ups and downs just as the war did.
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Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know.
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Basic to our democratic civilization are the principles and convictions that have bound us together as a nation. Among these are personal liberty, human rights, and the dignity of man. All these have their roots in a deeply held religious faith in a belief in God.
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In other words, our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.
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