"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." ― Dwight D. Eisenhower Topic(s): Society Tags: people, values More From Dwight D. Eisenhower "The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield." "If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order." "Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one." More In Society "Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual’s abilities."― Evelyn Glennie "The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."― Jawaharlal Nehru "You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it."― Art Buchwald