In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Battle Preparation War

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Quoted in Six Crises, written by Richard Nixon. Doubleday, 1962.

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This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience... We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Military industrial complex American politics
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
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Genre
Presidential farewell address Political speech
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Farewell address. 17 Jan. 1961, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

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Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Political progress
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John F. Kennedy
Source
Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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War
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Cato the Elder

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Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.