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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. Eisenhower1890–1969
- Politics
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
- America
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
- Justice
A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be temped to risk his own destruction.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)
When you appeal to force, there’s one thing you must never do⁠—lose.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Atoms for Peace (1953)
Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
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.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969TV talk with Prime Minister Macmillan (31 August 1959)
The only way to win World War III is to prevent it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Radio and TV Address
There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969On his stated opposition to the use of the atomic bomb against the Japanese at the end of World War II, as quoted in Newsweek (11 November 1963), p. 107
The only way to win the next world war is to prevent it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Address at a Rally in the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington (October 17, 1956)