The quotations of

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

1890–1969

71 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Politics and Freedom. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
- Politics
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
- War & Peace
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
- War & Peace
I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.
Atoms for Peace (1953)
- War & Peace
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the Presidency.
- Politics
Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.
- Politics
Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.
- War & Peace
Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.
- War & Peace
In the counsels 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. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)
- Government
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 their way and let them have it.
TV talk with Prime Minister Macmillan (31 August 1959)
- War & Peace
The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.
Radio and TV Address
- War & Peace
There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
- War & Peace
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)
- Government
Only Americans can hurt America.
- America
Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.
- Government

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