Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

A war put off is not a war avoided.

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.

In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

I don't go to things because I want to see violence, I go to things because I want to see them handled well.

I don't think about fights that didn't happen.

So he decided to stay out of it and instead turned back to Lady Bridgerton, who was, as it happened, the closest person to him, anyway. “And how are you this afternoon?” he asked. Lady Bridgerton gave him a very small smile as she handed him his cup of tea. “Smart man,” she murmured. “It’s self-preservation, really,” he said noncommittally. “Don’t say that. They wouldn’t hurt you.” “No, but I’m sure to be injured in the cross fire.

Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

What Tully said of war may be applied to disputing: "It should be always so managed as to remember that the only true end of it is peace." But generally true disputants are like true sportsmen,--their whole delight is in the pursuit; and the disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.

Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.

We've all had those phone conversations. Things are heated, you're in a position where you're gonna say something nasty. Instead, you say, "Oh, I've got that thing in the oven." Lie. Get off the phone. Don't perpetuate a bad situation.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

It's very easy to start a war but the muftah, as the Arabs say, the key to switch off a war, is very difficult to find.

I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

When people come at me they can't win, they think they can, but they can't. I'll just walk away.

We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

A civilised man is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat.

Peacemakers not only live, they rule life.

War only in the ring. Peace on earth

A smart soldier wants to know the causes of wars. Also how to end them. After all, war is the normal state of affairs, isn't it? Peace is the name of the ideal we deduce from the fact that there have been interludes between wars.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.