“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 3, 1954
We know that an informed and alert people is the backbone of the free system in which this Republic was conceived and under which it has so greatly prospered.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Administration's Purposes and Accomplishments.

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