Anyone know any really intreguing eisenhower quotes, on his war policies, his military industrial complex speaches his pleas for peace, etc.
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nAn atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nAn intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nAnkles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nAny man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nControlled, universal disarmament is the imperative of our time. The demand for it by the hundreds of millions whose chief concern is the long future of themselves and their children will, I hope, become so universal and so insistent that no man, no government anywhere, can withstand it. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nDisarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nDo not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nDon't join the book burners. Do not think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nDon't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nEvery 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. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nFarming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nFew 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. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nFrom 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. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nFrom this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nHere 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. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nHow far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without? \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nHumility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI 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. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI don't attempt to be a poker player before this crowd. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. \nDwight D. Eisenhower \n\nI have found out in later years that
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Never confuse politics with real life.\n\nA lot of politicians have faced each other over the floor of the house and played the rough and tumble game of party politics while retaining a strong friendship and respect.\n\nI would imagine Dave and Tony would get on well together away from the house - after all they seem to believe in the same things!\n\nStill, it gives me a the merest excuse to roll out a few Churchillian quotes.\n\nClement Attlee is a modest man who has a good deal to be modest about. \n\nI am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. \n\nThey told me that Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right. \n\nYou can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. \n\nBaldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.
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Well. look at his statements, and how they tend to change when light is shed on the unlikelihood of their veracity. It's almost like a con-man trying to tailor his answers to fit the new questions.\nSeriously though, you talk about at least four different issues: \n\n• WMDs and the case for the war with Iraq;\n\nEveryone but bush (to his discredit) has admitted that clearly, more information was needed to justify going to war. Moreover, it was the clear politicization of intelligence (and probably more than a bit of corporate interest) that led the White House to be concerned with the Mideast growing unstable and interrupting the flow of oil from the region. By taking the initiative of utilizing the troops already in place in the region, he made the critical error of not arranging to have larger, more powerful countries back his play. An argument has been made that he chose to make America the powerful lead partner in this war/venture so as to ensure that America had primary superpower access to Iraq's oil supplies (and not have to quibble with Russia or China). A fairly reasonable course of action, if you are practicing realpolitik (like Kissinger and Rumsfeld do)...and consider the lives spent protecting oil interests a bargain.\n\n• Regime Change;\n\nWell, let's face it: Saddam was a pretty icky man, and his two sons were strong candidates for Dick of the Week when they eventually assumed the reins of power from dear old Dad. That being said, it should be important to note that the bush Administration does not intend to allow either an Islamic fundamentalist or America-unfriendly government. Watch and see if I have not foretold the future here...\n\n• Democracy int he Mideast; and\n\nThere is no saying that our flavor of Democracy is something that should be instituted over there. we have spend some time fine-tuning it so it (debateably) works forus. The folk in that region - well, in that part of the world, I think - are used to having their fortunes dictated to them at the point of a gun. Not much freedome there, black or white. No shades of gray, as democracy is (and to my reckoning SHOULD be).\nAsking them to adopt a government like ours is like throwing a 6-year old into shark-infested waters and expecting them to not only learn to swim, but to eat the sharks as well. Democracy is truly brain-bending work..maybe a bit out of the reach for folks trying to find a way to keep the lights on and the bullets out of the guns. they need time, not someone looking over their shoulders all the time telling what they should be doing.\nWhat might work better for these sorts of places is a theocratic (meaning religious-based) republic set into place. A moderate government will almost always lead to eventual democracy, but it allows the government to control the rate at which these freedoms are introduced. so as to acclimate the citizenry to them gradually.\n\n• the viability of the democratic process in Palestine.\n\nIt is viable, but it's going to take a long time. Old wounds held for over 60 years (and not millenia, as some uneducated cretins would have you think) do not heal overnight, or even in a single generation.\nGrace is required on all four sides (the Palestinians, the Israelis, the Islamic support arising from nation-states and NGOs, and the capital-driven remainder), and patience as well.\nIf Hamas wants to be taken seriously, it cannot  - I repeat CANNOT - condone violence with the end product being the destruction of the Israeli state. Advocating the erasure of another people's society is not a good way to get that society of people to help mend fences and let go of old grudges. Countries - and people too - are a lot alike in that way. \n\nSo that was the long answer to your question. the short answer is as follows: Bush changes the purpose of why we have soldiers on the ground in Iraq because he's searching for a way to maintain/manipulate the American people's focus on HIS goals, w
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Although it's really tough to find a particular quote if you are not aware of the author, but still i am attaching a link of the website, try finding your quote in the same.\n\nAll the best.
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I think what he says rings lots of truth, maybe not for all but take a look at the commercials..who do they target? Those who need financial assistance for college. Right? So what Kerry says from his mouth is also depicted in the commercials and they are they ones most likely to fall for that scheme of serve your country..come risk your life...and we'll help with your education. {No need for that when your dead} and we will send you to college. Come on Bush has said and did more wrong than anyone in this country, stop trying to take focus off of him by putting it on anyone possible. I don't think Kerry would have been the best president but I do say anything could have and would have been better than that crook Bush. ...I find nothing wrong with what he said...honest.. that's the way it is. And that is exactly what the military wants, a fine way to con you into thinking you should give your life for your country, a country that will{under certain rulers} will fuck you every chance they get. And no it doesn't mean he is uneducated...it means he has common sense, which most lack. I think what he said is soooo true, because if you were "smart" you wouldn't fall for the military BS.\n\nTo all you millitary hero's this is not against you, you have worked hard, gave up much and you are appreciated, I also am not saying you are not educated, I'm just agreeing that many who aren't will likely turn to the military for all the false promises they are told.
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I think he said what he ment and ment what he said.\n\nthe man has a nack for insulting the armed forces and bringing down moral, just ask the vietnam POWs
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==============================================\n\nAlthough I spent many years within a Union, I once thought that\nthe time had come for things to change.  I stupidly thought that\nwe could do without Unions.  BUT .. I was wrong.  Here's why .....\n\nCase in point .. just recently I was advised that one of the Big 3\nhad stressed to all it's part suppliers that it now preferred to have\nall parts come from "Non-Union" plants.  It's an outright attempt\nto force parts plants to shift their work to other places if currently\nbeing made in a Union represented plant.  And the sad thing ... \nIT'S WORKING !!  \n\nPeople without knowledge have belly-ached and complained that\ncars were so expensive due to the UNION.  When, in reality, the\ncost of a vehicle has very very little percentage attributed to the\nwages paid to workers.  The discounts are a lot more than the\nwage amount attributed to that vehicle.  But, as long as people\nhave no clue ... the car companies can pass the buck as to the\n'real' reason a vehicle is priced like it is.\n\nThere is a NEW movement within Manufacturing today.  I know,\nI'm still connected.  Now is the time for a lot closer look at the\nUnion and what it has to offer.\n\nDisclaimer: The Local is only as good as the leadership that\nis elected to run it. \n\nSo, now, I've changed my mind about the need for Unions.  I think\nthey are just as much needed today .... if not more so ... than for\nmore than wages.  \n\n==============================================
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1. The Military-Industrial Complex. World War II created a vast war industry, that was never really dismantled. In order to manage this vast military machine, the Pentagon was built (during the war). The war machine has been propping up the US economy for the last 60 years.\n\n2. The Presidency itself grew in power thanks to the actions of Fraklin Roosevelt. Truman was an activist president. Eisenhower wasn't as active, but most of his successors have liked wielding presidential power. The more power you want to wield, the more people you need working for you.\n\n3. Simply the growth of the United States. The population has almost doubled since 1940 -- more people, more needs. In order to fill the demands of the American people, there has been a need for more government agencies.
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Interesting, since I just heard on the news that there is some sort of German study that points out that trees do indeed create more greenhouse gases than automobiles.  Or something like that.  They pointed out too, how Reagan's quote is often found on liberal sites for dumb things Republicans have said; but that Reagan may have been more right than we realize.
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Ok, for those who have answered the following:\n\n- Moral persuasion\n- convince them that it's evil\n- diplomatic pressure\n\nI'd like to say "in what sugar coated world do you live?"\n\nThe warlords SHOOT people who are trying to get food.  People who have little children to feed.  Do you honestly think they are unaware of what they are doing?  Please.\n\nAs for diplomatic pressure?  Do you have any idea how silly that is?  They KILL their people.  They don't hand out surveys and take note of constructive critism.  Anyone talks out, bang, they're dead.  Someone says you said something, bang he's dead and bang you're dead.\n\nThe grim reality is that these people are inherantly evil.  When you have people like this, the only solution is to kill them, or remove them by force.\n\nThe only way to do this is war.\n\nBTW:  To whomever posted "oh, we have to find oil and we're there".  Pick up a book and do a bit of research about the war in Iraq.  You might actually learn something besides anti-war biased hype.  :D
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This quote comes from Orwells book "1984". He wrote the book so I assume he is the source of the quote.
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Friend - Liberal here, and pacifist.  Though much of war is ugly and sad, yes, good does come of wars.  There are the thousand little good things that happen every day...friendships made, some one lost is found, a child smiles...and the greater good, such as the end of the reign of Hitler...and yes, even of Saddam.  I am also a pragmatic liberal pacifist who realizes there will be wars as long as man lives on earth to wage them, just as there always has been.  Whether the good outweighs the bad, I cannot say.  Ask me when my son is safely home from Iraq for the last time...and do not be so quick to predict what a liberal will say.  Grace and Peace
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I'd wonder what was wrong with his own country that he feels the need to serve another one in the military.  Then I'd wonder if he had a incorrect view of this country's military.  It isn't all glamorous like the commercials say, and there is certainly nothing wrong with serving your own country honorably.
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I would like to add one:\n\n'Thou shall not take up arms in defence of the Lord.'\n\nNow wouldn't that have changed history, if he is omnipotent he does not need us to fight his wars. Leave the politics out, and get on with getting on with other people.\n\nBe happy for the similarities, not aggressive or fearfull due to the differences.
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Here:\n\nhttp://www.bernardsboe.com/Cedar-Hill/Linked_pages/grade4/warquotes.htm
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Hey Maj Johnson!\nWhat the hell do you think that our "Rulers" want to protect us from "so called terrorists", no it is to fulfill the ancient human desire to dominate. Like all the king from past, US Kings think on the same lines. Understood!\nMoreover, Isolated Foreign Policy? Has our country a foreign policy? I'm flabbergasted, Man??????\n\nSo Maj! Please tell it to your seniors to force the ruler to call the forces back, save the lives of own soldiers, innocent Iraqis, Military resources, weapon and equipment.
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"I, I don't have a whole lot of time. Um, OK, I'm a former employee of Area 51 video tape imbedding project. I, I was let go on a medical discharge about a week ago and, and... [chokes] I've kind of been running across the country. Damn, I don't know where to start, they're, they're gonna, um, they'll triangulate on this position really soon.\nOK, um, um, OK, what we're thinking of as, as aliens, they're extradimensional beings, that, an earlier precursor of the, um, space program they made contact with. They are not what they claim to be. Uh, they've infiltrated a, a lot of aspects of, of, of the military establishment, particularly the Area 51 and.\nThe disasters that are coming, they, the military, I'm sorry, the government knows about them. And there's a lot of safe areas in this world that they could begin moving the population to now. They are not! They want those major population centers wiped out so that the few that are left will be more easily controllable." Faaip de Oiad -Tool\n(From transcripts of the Art Bell AM radio show, and Mother’s own edit.)