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Eisenhower: “I believe that those aspirations--slowly and tortuously it is true, but still steadily--are marching on toward…”

On the recordJune 26, 1955
I believe that those aspirations--slowly and tortuously it is true, but still steadily--are marching on toward achievement; and I believe that is the thought that all of us can take with us to our beds each night and thank our God that it is true.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds, Skowhegan, Maine.

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