Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, 1890 - 1969
Official portrait as president (ca. 1952-1955)
Born: 14 October 1890, Denison, Texas
Died: 28 March 1969, Washington City
After growing up at Abilene, Kansas, graduating from Abilene High School in 1909, he was turned down by the Naval Academy (missing the age cutoff) but accepted at West Point. The class of 1915 became known as "the class the stars fell on", of 164 graduates a total of 59 reached the rank of general. His first posting was to San Antonio where he met and married Mamie. He served in staff and training positions until the start of World War II, when he was posted to London. He took command of the invasion of North Africa in 1942, the outset of the Italian campaign, and then commanded all Allied forces for the Normandy invasion. Although he never saw combat, he had to develop the ability to deal some strong characters both among the Army leadership and the Allies.
After the war he was president of Columbia University, Supreme Commander of NATO, and was drafted by the Republican Party to block the candidacy of non-interventionist Robert Taft, winning two terms with lopsided victories over Adlai Stevenson, his vice president was Richard Nixon. Based on his early Army experience and his exposure to Germany's Autobahn he championed the Interstate Highway System. Eisenhower used threats of nuclear weapons to force a settlement of the Korean War but took over French responsibility to support South Vietnam and planned the Bay of Pigs invasion which flopped after he left office. Although his support for civil rights seem anemic compared to the following decade, significant steps were made and he did send troops to Arkansas to enforce integration following Brown v. Board of Education in 1957. After leaving office his commission and five stars were restored, he and Mamie retired to a farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Eisenhower had a number of health issues in office and in the years following, he died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center of congestive heart failure.
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- A nation's hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - "The Chance for Peace" speech, American Society of Newspaper Editors (16 April 1953) - A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - first inaugural address (20 January 1953) - A world that begins to witness the rebirth of trust among nations can find its way to a peace that is neither partial nor punitive. With all who will work in good faith toward such a peace, we are ready, with renewed resolve, to strive to redeem the near-lost hopes of our day. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - "The Chance for Peace" speech, American Society of Newspaper Editors (16 April 1953) - Against the dark background of the atomic bomb, the United States does not wish merely to present strength, but also the desire and the hope for peace. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Atoms for Peace" speech to UN General Assembly (8 December 1953) - As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 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. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - farewell address (17 January 1961) - By leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Character in many ways is everything in leadership. It is made up of many things, but I would say character is really integrity. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - "The Chance for Peace" speech, American Society of Newspaper Editors (16 April 1953) - Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - "The Chance for Peace" speech, American Society of Newspaper Editors (16 April 1953) - Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. permalink
Dwight D. Eisenhower - Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation. permalink
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