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Eisenhower: “In this time, when all the world is divided by virtue of a struggle between those who believe in the essential dignity…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1953
In this time, when all the world is divided by virtue of a struggle between those who believe in the essential dignity of man as a creature created in the image of his God, and those who contend that man is nothing but a pawn, a creature of the state, and has no reason for existence except as he can glorify that temporal power of the state, Greece ranks high as a champion on the side of human dignity and freedom.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Toasts of the President and King Paul of Greece

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