Dwight D. Eisenhower Biography

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Born asDwight David Eisenhower
Occup.President
FromUSA
BornOctober 14, 1890
Denison, Texas, USA
DiedMarch 28, 1969
Washington D.C., USA
CauseCardiac Arrest
Aged78 years
Dwight D. Eisenhower was born upon October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, United States. He was the third of seven boys birthed to David Jacob Eisenhower and also Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1911, he got a visit to the USA Military Academy at West Factor, where he graduated in 1915 as a second lieutenant.

Eisenhower's military job began in the Military's Design Corps, where he was associated with creating Panama Canal. During World War I, he was stationed in the United States and never ever saw combat. Nevertheless, he created a credibility for excellent organization and also management abilities. As a result, he was advertised swiftly via the ranks, at some point reaching the level of Lieutenant Colonel.

In 1942, Eisenhower was entrusted with coordinating Allied forces in North Africa as the Supreme Leader of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He after that commanded the D-Day intrusion in 1944, which introduced the Allies' successful assault on Nazi-controlled Europe. Eisenhower's success in leading the Allied forces in World War II drove him to come to be a worldwide figure as well as eventually President of the USA.

Eisenhower went into presidential politics as a Republican and also won the 1952 Presidential Election against Democrat Adlai Stevenson. Throughout his presidency, he focused on improving the USA' infrastructure while also functioning to maintain a balance in foreign relationships. One of his most substantial achievements was the Interstate Freeway System, which transformed transportation throughout the nation. He additionally established NASA, the National Aeronautics and Room Administration, in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik.

Eisenhower offered two terms as head of state from 1953 to 1961. After leaving office, he retired to his ranch in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he continued to serve as a senior statesman till his fatality in 1969.

Dwight D. Eisenhower is kept in mind for his leadership throughout World War II, his domestic policies' innovation, and also his ability to keep a balance in international relationships throughout the Cold War. He remains a respected figure in American background and is frequently pointed out together with George Washington and also Abraham Lincoln as one of the nation's biggest leaders.

Our collection contains 81 quotes who is written / told by Dwight, under the main topics: Words of Wisdom - Love - Success - Age - Leadership.

Related authors: Abraham Lincoln (President), Adlai Stevenson (Politician), Earl Warren (Judge), Dan Rather (Journalist), Adlai E. Stevenson (Politician), Potter Stewart (Judge), Camille Chamoun (Leader), Kitty O'Neill Collins (Politician), Everett Dirksen (Politician), Stephen Ambrose (Historian)

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81 Famous quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Small: Dont join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that
"Don't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed"
Small: Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and youre a thousand miles from the corn field
"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field"
Small: Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one
"Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one"
Small: Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free
"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free"
Small: Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the futu
"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"
Small: Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it"
Small: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist"
Small: I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms fo
"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens"
Small: Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates
"Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates"
Small: Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose
"Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose"
Small: Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finall
"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace"
Small: This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a pro
"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect"
Small: This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign
"This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign"
Small: Things have never been more like the way they are today in history
"Things have never been more like the way they are today in history"
Small: The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation th
"The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth"
Small: The sergeant is the Army
"The sergeant is the Army"
Small: The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both
"The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both"
Small: The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defe
"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without"
Small: The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to gi
"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"
Small: The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process whic
"The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion"
Small: The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the bat
"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield"
Small: The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice!
"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!"
Small: The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past
"The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past"
Small: The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happen
"The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law"
Small: Our pleasures were simple - they included survival
"Our pleasures were simple - they included survival"
Small: Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the rebor
"Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well"
Small: Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg
"Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg"
Small: Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it"
Small: May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion
"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion"
Small: Im saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am
"I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am"
Small: I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick.
"I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone"
Small: I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency
"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency"
Small: I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their wa
"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"
Small: I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea
"I shall make that trip. I shall go to Korea"
Small: I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our government
"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it"
Small: I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for A
"I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"
Small: I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for Americ
"I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"
Small: I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didnt know
"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"
Small: I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity"
Small: Only Americans can hurt America
"Only Americans can hurt America"
Small: Oh, that lovely title, ex-president
"Oh, that lovely title, ex-president"
Small: No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know
"No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know"
Small: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a thef
"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"
Small: Dont think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed
"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed"
Small: Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his follower
"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"
Small: How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?
"How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?"
Small: History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid"
Small: Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women
"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"
Small: From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structu
"From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard"
Small: Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth livin
"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"
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