"You have broader considerations that might follow what you would call the falling domino principle. You have a row of dominoes set up. You knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly. So you could have the beginning of a disintegration that would have the most profound influences."
React to this quote
More by Dwight D. Eisenhower
See allResonant Thoughts
"Britain for a long time had a reflection of its class structure which meant that people like, well, J. B. S. Haldane who was the nephew of Lord Haldane, or Bertrand Russell who became Lord Russell, co…"
"St. George paced slowly up the street. The Boy's heart stood still and he breathed with sobs, the beauty and the grace of the hero were so far beyond anything he had yet seen. His fluted armour was in…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"And now in America itself after 30 years of experimenting with the Great Society programmes, there is wides…"
— Lee Kuan Yew"I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanze…"
— Frans de Waal"suppose Odin to have been the inventor of Letters, as well as "magic," among that people! It is the greates…"
— Thomas Carlyle"As far as I'm concerned I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue."
— Albert Einstein"In the conflict thus far, success has been on our side, complete throughout the length and breadth of the C…"
— Alexander H. Stephens"The evidence of racial bias comes not only from statistics, but also from remarks made by police, city and …"
— Eric Holder
Related Thinkers
Related Topics
Deep Dives
- George S. Patton on ethics
- Jim Mattis on ethics
- George S. Patton on war
- George S. Patton on Human Nature
- George S. Patton on life
- George S. Patton on religion
- George S. Patton on humor
- George S. Patton on justice
- George S. Patton on knowledge
- George S. Patton on Philosophy
- knowledge & Beauty
- knowledge & Change