Dwight David Eisenhower

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"There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were."	Age, Death, Life
"I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)"	Age, Success
"Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates."	Miscellaneous
"No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know."	Age, Knowledge, Time
"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."	Honesty, Learning, Reading
"I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then."	America, Glory, Knowledge
"Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends."	Friends, Men, Military
"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."	Football, Leadership, Military
"Things have never been more like the way they are today in history."	History, Time
"There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not cure."	America, Faith, Freedom
"When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do -- lose."	Miscellaneous
"Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."	Courage, History, Knowledge
"That was and still is the great disaster of my life-that lovely, lovely little boy."	Excellence, Life, Love
"Our pleasures were simple-they included survival."	Miscellaneous
"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."	Ability, Adversity, Difficulty
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."	Age, Death, Life
"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."	Acceptance, America, Honesty
"Oh, that lovely title, ex-president."	Love
"The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good."	Evil
"There is no victory at bargain basement prices."	Men
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Age	America	Argument
Art	Books	Conflict
Courage	Death	Desires
Difficulty	Education	Evil
Excellence	Faith	Football
Freedom	Friends	Glory
Goals	Government	Guns
Happiness	History	Honesty
Hope	Intelligence	Intentions
Joy	Knowledge	Law
Leadership	Learning	Liberty
Lies	Life	Love
Loyalty	Men	Military
Miscellaneous	Monarchy	Peace
Reading	School	Sin
Sorrow	Stupidity	Success
Teaching	Time	Truth
Wants	War	Wisdom
Wishing	Women