Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

If friendship does not replace the hostilities of the world, if the conference table does not displace the battlefield as the place where we shall settle our disputes, then civilization as we know it indeed has a meager future.

Context

Remarks Following the Dedication of Falcon Dam

10/18/1953

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