Posts tagged: eisenhower

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural address, 20 January 1953

via QOTD

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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Farewell Address

This is a little outside the range of my usual audio posts, but it seems appropriate for the day. It’s worth listening through all of Eisenhower’s 1961 address and giving it some thought.

You can easily find the text online, but I encourage you to listen—it’s a very different experience.

He was a truly thoughtful leader and exact opposite of Dubya. Take a listen!