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.
If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.
The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind.
I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all of my friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.
In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.
Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.
Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
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