Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Men, Choices, Democracy

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos (1978). “The papers: The chief of staff”

• I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Believe, Democracy, Enterprise

• The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Government, People, Democracy

• America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Strength, Military, America

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

• 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.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Spiritual, Loss, Grandchildren

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

• Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Democracy, Wicked, Defeat

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos (1978). “The papers: The chief of staff”

• We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Farewell, Democracy, Generations

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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