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Eisenhower: Liberty was impossible to sustain unless you made it possible for the people to grow that rice--to have a better…

On the recordAugust 29, 1957
Liberty was impossible to sustain unless you made it possible for the people to grow that rice--to have a better living--to gain some kind of education--to get doctors into the barrios and out into the hinterland where none had ever penetrated before.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at Ceremony Marking the Issuance of the President Magsaysay Champion of Liberty Stamp.

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