Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Buy a book containing this speech at Amazon Buy a book containing this speech at Amazon
Read this speech at UVA's Miller Center website

More information about this quote

Topic

Cold War Communism vs. democracy International politics

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1953, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower about cold war: “Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.”
Download
A quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower about cold war: “Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.”
Download
A quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower about cold war: “Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

More information about this quote
Topic
Pacifism and nonviolence War

Author

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.

Another quote from the 1950s

I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.

Sylvia Plath

More information about this quote
Topic
Self-destruction Destructive impulses

Author

Sylvia Plath
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962, edited by Karen V Kukil. Anchor Books, 2000. Originally a journal entry, 29 Mar. 1951.

Another quote about International politics

Outside the Kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other…God and history will remember your judgment.

Haile Selassie I

More information about this quote
Topic
International politics
Speaker
Haile Selassie I
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Amharic
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Selassie, Haile. Appeal to the League of Nations. 30 June 1936, League of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

Another quote from the following genre Political speech

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Winston Churchill

More information about this quote
Topic
World War II British empire
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Their Finest Hour
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.