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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presidency.ucsb.eduEisenhower: “We know that an informed and alert people is the backbone of the free system in which this Republic was conceived and…”
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Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Administration's Purposes and Accomplishments.
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