# Going Home to Glory ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81n1cBGxfML._SY160.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[David Eisenhower]] - Full Title: Going Home to Glory - Category: #books ## Highlights - Eisenhower was skeptical of the clamor for federal aid to education. When the federal government begins to fund education, he argued, educational institutions will find they cannot live without the assistance they receive. Then, he added with dark emphasis, the government eventually tells educators what to do. Elise agreed. Whether for good purposes or for evil purposes, Eisenhower continued, the ability to control education has the potential to be used to promote mind control and that should be enough to recommend against letting any such thing take root. ([Location 219](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=219)) - Although undoubtedly a victim of conflicting and confusing advice, Kennedy never acknowledged the irony of his insistence that the invasion be an “entirely Cuban affair” while retaining in his hands the power to approve the operation, dictate when it would happen, choose the landing site, and order air support. ([Location 566](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=566)) - In other words, the young President was guilty of the cardinal error of yielding to the last man he talked to, the very sin the NSC was designed to prevent. ([Location 627](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=627)) - A persistent stumbling block was Eisenhower’s time-honored “rule against discussing personalities.” Retirement had not softened the rigor of this self-imposed rule, nor had the critical articles and books on Eisenhower that had appeared in recent years. ([Location 680](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=680)) - Eisenhower also observed a “rule against answering criticism.” “I don’t answer criticism as such,” Eisenhower evenly told Hibbs. “I just lay out the facts.” ([Location 684](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=684)) - there is nothing so cheap as columnists maligning people for money.” ([Location 693](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=693)) - Lastly, there was the injunction of “knowing when to quit.” Eisenhower had seen many wartime colleagues make vain attempts to stay in the middle of public affairs past their prime and he was mindful of ex-President Truman’s unsuccessful forays into Democratic nomination politics. Eisenhower’s sense of personal dignity compelled him to maintain a low profile. ([Location 700](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=700)) - Panicky policies condemn people to live in apprehension, not serenity which is their traditional birthright.” ([Location 1362](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=1362)) - Hagerty told Eisenhower that the Knight papers, Garnett Horner of the Washington Star, and others were being denied access because they were “unfriendly papers.” Eisenhower was amazed. “Then why haven’t they attacked Kennedy personally?” Hagerty cited the growing influence of television, Kennedy’s understanding of the medium, and his belief he could use it effectively. And, Hagerty added, just as the importance of remaining on good terms with television journalists grew, the importance of good relations with the print media journalists had diminished. ([Location 1367](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=1367)) - He had understood his responsibility in the White House to be, in addition to making correct decisions and administering the government, one of defusing the atmosphere of crisis that had pervaded national politics since 1932. He felt strongly that he had been successful. ([Location 1397](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=1397)) - She gave her heart to Jesus Who took her stains away And now in Christ believing, the Father too can say I am going home to glory A golden crown to wear O meet me meet me over there ([Location 3546](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=3546)) - Vietnam had merged with the issues of social reform. The antiwar left questioned both the legitimacy of American leadership of the free world and the justice of the American social order. ([Location 3708](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=3708)) - No one could hate war more than I, but I get very upset when I find people who are quite willing to enjoy the privileges and rights afforded by this country but publicly announce their readiness to flout their responsibilities. ([Location 3719](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=3719)) - The President’s job is to know exactly what the problem is that he should solve and then decide how to solve it. Then he’s got to find his lieutenants, his proconsuls, and then trust the men he picks and say “now you must do this within the limits I give you.” ([Location 4072](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=4072)) - The difference between Eisenhower and so-called conservative Republicans, I kept thinking as I watched him, was that with Eisenhower conservatism was something animated by a progressive and generous spirit, a desire to improve life. ([Location 4649](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=4649)) - Eisenhower lucidly observed that the theatrics of crisis and of presidential decision making had reached new heights during the 1960s. Every problem large and small seemed to bring out still photographs of a Lincolnesque president agonizing in his loneliness, silhouetted against the wintry South Lawn. Hovering aides were pictured with faces strained by tension and momentousness, whether pondering telephone calls from military control points or taking calls from legislative aides pushing some innocuous resolution. Americans were losing an appreciation for what mattered and what did not concerning presidential leadership. Too many vague hopes were being placed on the office. ([Location 4849](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=4849)) - A formidable student of national and international affairs, Elson stressed the importance of Eisenhower’s example as president in inspiring the revival of church attendance in the 1950s. ([Location 5139](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=5139)) - Before our interviews with Dean Miller, Julie and I had met him just once, at Granddad’s funeral in Abilene, on the blustery early spring morning of April 2, 1969. At Granddad’s request, Miller played a major role in the service, which shepherded the family through a very difficult good-bye. Noting the appropriateness of Abilene as the site of Eisenhower’s final resting place, Miller said, “Dwight Eisenhower was held in esteem as the first citizen of the world, but he was first a citizen of Abilene, Kansas.” It was in Abilene that Dwight and his brothers had been blessed with strong and loving parents who imbued them with the values that enabled the six Eisenhower brothers to serve their nation: dedication to hard work, to education, and to the admonition of Micah “to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” ([Location 5148](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003UYURMY&location=5148)) - My uncle Milton had a saying that while the young are impatient to change the world, those who are older wish to recapture the “golden days” of their youth. 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