Dwight Eisenhower — "I come from the very heart of America, and I know what the people want."

"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without."

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There i…"

"I'd rather be a good golf player than a good President."

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

"I can't tell you how many times I've walked down a street and someone has said, 'Hey, general, how's the war going?' And I've had to say, 'I don't know, I'm just the President.'"