Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. art & leadership
I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? being good
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! history & men
There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home. home
Things have never been more like the way they are today in history. history
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. faith, freedom & intelligence
Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. politics
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. history
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. peace & war
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. pets
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. art & motivation
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. faith & freedom
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. freedom & medical
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. the future & history
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. strength
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. government & peace
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. death & life
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. experience & war
I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? being good
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. war
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. freedom & peace
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. peace
The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy. best
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. strength
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. aging, fear, sadness & women
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. freedom & history
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. politics
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg. strength
The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them. peace
War settles nothing. war
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. intelligence
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. leadership
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. society