... we have been warned by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself ... There must be law, steadily invoked and respected by all nations, for without law, the world promises only such meager justice as the pity of the strong upon the weak.
Dwight D. EisenhowerMay we grow in strength ā without pride in self. May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. And so shall America ā in the sight of all men of good will ā prove true to the honorable purposes that bind and rule us as a people in all this time of trial through which we pass.
Dwight D. EisenhowerThere is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.
Dwight D. Eisenhower