We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
Interpretation
Peace creates an environment where freedom can flourish and thrive.
In this quote, Eisenhower emphasizes the intrinsic link between peace and freedom. He suggests that without peace, the conditions necessary for true freedom cannot exist, as conflict and turmoil inhibit the ability to make choices and live freely. The pursuit of peace is, therefore, not just a desire for calm but a vital essential for fostering liberty and independence in society.
In practice
This quote can inspire discussions in peacebuilding workshops.
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of all creeds and persuasions-must be able to turn with clear confidence that there they can freely seek the whole truth, unvarnished by fashion and uncompromised by expediency.
You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.
Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
The health of our republic depends on shared principles like the First Amendment, but it is also built on the Teddy Roosevelt-like vigor of its citizens and local self-reliance.
And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the position, would it ever occur to me to speak of a conquest of the terrain in question? Obviously not. Then why should I do so in chess?
The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same is true of control.
I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. It was too abstract, too far removed from human concerns.
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