This is something, eh, that is the kind of thing that must be gone thr — Dwight D. Eisenhower

"In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable."

"During the long lane of the history yet to be written, America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield."

"It was generally conceded that had an election been held, Ho Chi Minh would have been elected Premier."

"Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. Though sometimes necessary, as witness a professional and technical secret that may have a bearing upon the welfare and very safety of this country, we should be very careful in the way we apply it, because in censorship always lurks the very great danger of working to the disadvantage of the American nation."

"Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."

"There is one thing about being President — nobody can tell you when to sit down."