John Eisenhower Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by John Eisenhower:

My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain.
~John Eisenhower


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Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.
~John Eisenhower


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When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.
~John Eisenhower


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Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position, if you will. But in the air, I had no name; to the Federal Aviation Agency I was simply Comanche Nine-Nine POP. The quality of my landings, navigation and judgment were mine alone.
~John Eisenhower


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You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war.
~John Eisenhower


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In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#669a0c99

Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a United Nations operation.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#69d35be4

My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#8bd00149

The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#92e8f2c7

I was a lieutenant in World War II.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#7d392805

As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#1e79d4cb

I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.
~John Eisenhower


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-eisenhower-quotes/#75db850e

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