https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:59:34 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/34220/ https://wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/34220/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:39:35 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=34220 We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general, US President (1953–61)
White House Years: Waging Peace, 1956-1961 (1965) ]]> https://wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/34220/feed/ 0 34220 https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/9258/ https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/9258/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:22:57 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=9258 I have seen a man of genius who made one think if other men were like him, cooperation were impossible. Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Table Talk,” American Life, lecture, Boston (1864-12-18)
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Speaking of Thoreau's style of conversation. Originally a Journal entry of 29 Feb 1856. Also part of the lecture "Social Aims". ]]> https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/9258/feed/ 0 9258