Dwight D. Eisenhower on Politics
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower, catalogued under Politics, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower, entry #200676: "We believe in the principle that governments are properly established only when it is with the consent of the governed."
Attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower, entry #165506: "The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual."
8 Quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower on Politics
"We believe in the principle that governments are properly established only when it is with the consent of the governed."
"The Founders conceived government as the servant, not the master of the individual."
"The Presidential Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower"
"I propose to use whatever authority exists in the office of the President to end segregation in the District of Columbia, including the Federal Government, and any segregation in the Armed Forces."
"The government in Washington belongs to you."
"1952 Ike for President TV Ad"
"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."
"As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow."