Leadership quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments.
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"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"

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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This quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower recommends that individuals are most likely to promote peace than governments. He thinks that individuals want peace so much that federal governments ought to get out of the method and let them have it. This implies that individuals are more efficient in attaining peace than governments, and that federal governments ought to not be the ones to dictate peace. Eisenhower's quote recommends that individuals must be offered the opportunity to produce peace by themselves terms, without the interference of federal governments. He thinks that individuals have the power to produce peace, which federal governments should not be the ones to dictate it. This quote is a reminder that peace is something that should be achieved by people, not governments.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower This quote is written / told by Dwight D. Eisenhower between October 14, 1890 and March 28, 1969. He was a famous President from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Leadership. The author also have 80 other quotes.

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