{"author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower","total_quotes":93,"quotes":[{"text":"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? ","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["fear","scare-tactics","war"],"id":4186,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["peace"],"id":8149,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["weakness","only","cooperate "],"id":12923,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["books","censorship","freedom","libraries","reading","thought"],"id":19719,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["government","imperialism","power"],"id":22511,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["inspirational","warning"],"id":23890,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["enthusiasm"],"id":24777,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"Pessimism never won any battle.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["optimism","power-of-will","will-power"],"id":27096,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"In war there is no substitute for victory.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["commitment","belief"],"id":39166,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"},{"text":"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.","author":"Dwight D. Eisenhower","tags":["dog","fight","size "],"id":40837,"author_id":"Dwight+D.+Eisenhower"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":93,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}