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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jul 2, 1957

I would say this. Naturally, I am not a lawyer and I don't participate in drawing up the exact language of proposals.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jul 2, 1957

I do stand firmly upon the idea I advanced, which is that Government alone cannot keep a stable economy; the Government alone cannot preserve a sound dollar.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 25, 1957

I do regard this deliberate exposure of a governmental secret that is not an administrative secret, but involves the security of our country, most seriously.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 25, 1957

Each of us has very great trouble understanding, but even so, I think we should not forget this: the Supreme Court is just as essential to our system of government as is the President or the Congress.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 5, 1957

I hereby approve such seal as the official seal of the United States Coast Guard.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Feb 3, 1957

I declare, if you could provide for the government, through the Bureau of the Budget, a new accounting system, with the utmost expedition and efficiency, it would certainly take you many months before you could reach the last echelon of…

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jan 22, 1957

Government must use all practicable means to promote high levels of production and employment.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jan 22, 1957

In my own instructions to the Cabinet and heads of all offices, I have told them that every place that there is a chance to save a dollar out of the money that we have budgeted and may be appropriated by the Congress, that will go on…

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Nov 3, 1956

It is my hope that your representative will be in a position to announce at the Session today that the Soviet Union is preparing to withdraw its forces from that country and to allow the Hungarian people to enjoy the right to a government…

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Oct 11, 1956

If I am not running the executive part of this Government, then I am the man that is mostly fooled in this Nation.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Oct 11, 1956

I assure you they are doing one thing--they are working day and night for your benefit and mine.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 24, 1956

I have a strong liking for a man when he finds anything wrong in government he doesn't fool around but cleans it up fast.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 24, 1956

This year the soil bank is retiring over 12 million acres and earning a half million farmers more than $260 million.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 24, 1956

They want a government which is honest and thrifty, high in principle, and fair in practice.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 20, 1956

Government does not try to be 'big brother knows better than you do.'

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 20, 1956

We are talking about the kind of government that does its own part in helping to look after the human needs of this country.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 19, 1956

All matters placed under the administration or jurisdiction of the Corporation by sections 1 and 3 of this order shall be subject to direction and control by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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