{"id":149184,"date":"2022-10-14T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=149184"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T21:39:00","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-ike-on-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=149184","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from Ike on His Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!&#8221;~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the councils of government, 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.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight &#8211; it&#8217;s the size of the fight in the dog.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower October 14, 1890 \u2013 March 28, 1969<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_D._Eisenhower\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130813\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1-570x443.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Eisenhower_d-day-1-701x545.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.&#8221; ~ Dwight D. 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