I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in addition, full right to criticize us as bitterly as they may desire.
Dwight D. EisenhowerThe necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
Dwight D. EisenhowerI assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.
Dwight D. EisenhowerHow can we appraise a proposal if the terms hurled at our ears can mean anything or nothing, and change their significance with the inflection of the voice? Welfare state, national socialism, radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary and a regiment of others ... these terms in today's usage, are generally compounds of confusion and prejudice. If our attitudes are muddled, our language is often to blame. A good tonic for clearer thinking is a dose of precise, legal definition.
Dwight D. Eisenhower