What counts is not necessarily the size... by Dwight D. Eisenhower | We Heart Quotes

President World War II Cold War Republican Party general

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Other quotes by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Problems

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Confidence

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

War

In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims?

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Will

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Past World

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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