Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"We gladly seize the opportunity afforded us by his presence, to salute a nation which is one of the most gallant and staunchest defenders of freedom in the modern world."

"Tonight, this company--this Capital--this country--is honored by the presence at this board of the Head of the Turkish Republic."

"Now the great Ataturk is dead, but his work lives on, and our guest of honor this evening is one of the original band that worked with him to bring about this great change, and to make Turkey the nati..."

"Our guest of honor, since that day in 1923, has been almost continuously in the Assembly of his country."