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About Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American politician. He served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
His Highlights/Legacy
He was a 5-star general in the United States Army in World War II and he was responsible for the Operation Torch, as well as the invasion of France and Germany. He also became the first Supreme Commander of NATO.
As President, he authorized the establishment of NASA, he was mainly responsible for the New Look national security policy and he encouraged the peaceful use of nuclear power.
He is regarded as one of the greatest American Presidents of all time.
His Personal Life
He was married to First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and they had 2 sons. His second son, Doud, died of scarlet fever at the age of 3. Oil painting was his hobby!
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Famous quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.Dwight D. Eisenhower
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.Dwight D. Eisenhower
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.Dwight D. Eisenhower
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.Dwight D. Eisenhower
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.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.Dwight D. Eisenhower
If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.Dwight D. Eisenhower
In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice!Dwight D. Eisenhower
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.Dwight D. Eisenhower
There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.Dwight D. Eisenhower
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.Dwight D. Eisenhower
This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.Dwight D. Eisenhower
War settles nothing.Dwight D. Eisenhower
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.Dwight D. Eisenhower
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.Dwight D. Eisenhower
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.Dwight D. Eisenhower
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.Dwight D. Eisenhower
When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.Dwight D. Eisenhower
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.Dwight D. Eisenhower
F.A.Q. about Dwight D. Eisenhower
When is his birthday?
Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthday is on October 14, 1890.
In how many days is his birthday?
Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthday is in 148 days
How old was Dwight D. Eisenhower when he died?
He was 78 years old.
When did he die?
He died in March 28, 1969.
How old would he be today?
Dwight D. Eisenhower would be 131 years old if he was alive today.
Where was Dwight D. Eisenhower from?
He was born in Denison, Texas, U.S..
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Popularity
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a famous American politician, who was born on October 14, 1890. As a person born on this date, Dwight D. Eisenhower is listed in our database as the 3rd most popular celebrity for the day (October 14) and the 1st most popular for the year (1890).
People born on October 14 fall under the Zodiac sign of Libra, the Scales. Dwight D. Eisenhower is the 72nd most popular Libra.
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