Dwight D. Eisenhower Political Quotations

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

I have no use for those- regardless of their political party- who hold some foolish dream of spinning the clock back to days when unorganized labor was a huddled, almost helpless mass.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense.