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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

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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

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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

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I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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

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Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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

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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

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There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home. ↗