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"Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own."

"Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'."

"The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same."
Explore more quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

"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."

"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."

"We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,"

"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."

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