Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
--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

“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

“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
--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

“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