“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, si...” — Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”

“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”

“We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.”

“Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.”

“The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.”