Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes About Age

Quotes about: Age

• The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Spiritual, Book, Reality

• The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Fashion, Home, Race

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.456, Best Books on

• ...the right of the individual to elect freely the manner of his care in illness must be preserved.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Dark, Age, Care

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.70, Best Books on

• And now, as in no other age, we seek it [peace] because we have been warned, by the power of modern weapons, that peace may be the only climate possible for human life itself.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Age, Climate, May

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1958). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957”, p.62, Best Books on

• There has been a vigorous acceleration of health, resource and education programs designed to advance the role of the American Indian in our society. Last Fall, for example, 91 percent of the Indian children between the ages of 6 and 18 on reservations were enrolled in school. This is a rise of 12 percent since 1953.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Children, Fall, School

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1961). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960-1961”, p.925, Best Books on

• Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Real, Mean, Men

  Speech at Guildhall, London, on June 12, 1945. "At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends". Book by Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1967.

• More than ever before, in our country, this is the age of the individual. Endowed with the accumulated knowledge of centuries, armed with all the instruments of modern science, he is still assured personal freedom and wide avenues of expression so that he may win for himself, his family and his country greater material comfort, ease and happiness; greater spiritual satisfaction and contentment.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Spiritual, Country, Freedom

• Few 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.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Time, Fear, Women

• But I believe this: by and large, the United States ought to be able to choose for its President anybody that it wants, regardless of the number of terms he has served. That is what I believe. Now, some people have said, "You let him get enough power and this will lead toward a one-party government." That, I don't believe. I have got the utmost faith in the long-term common sense of the American people. Therefore, I don't think there should be any inhibitions other than those that were in the 35-year age limit and so on. I think that was enough, myself.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Believe, Party, Thinking

  News conference in Washington, D.C., on October 05, 1956. "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower". Book by Dwight D. Eisenhower, p. 862, 1961.

• I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Time, Age, Saving

• I feel like the fellow in jail who is watching his scaffold being built." (On construction of reviewing stands for inauguration of his successor John F Kennedy)

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Success, Jail, Age

• Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Age, Measurement, Size

  "At ease: stories I tell to friends" by Dwight David Eisenhower, (p. 389), 1967.

• Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things - call them what you will - I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to speak and act as he sees fit, subject only to provisions that he trespass not upon similar rights of others - a Londoner will fight. So will a citizen of Abilene. When we consider these things, then the valley of the Thames draws closer to the farms of Kansas and the plains of Texas.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Real, Mean, Fighting

  "At ease: stories I tell to friends" by Dwight David Eisenhower, (p. 389), 1967.

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