Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes


If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.


Citations

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Address at Columbia University," 1949. The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Born: October 14, 1890
  • Died: March 28, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower GCB OM GCS CCLH KC NPk was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he became a five-star general in the Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front.