Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"What value dollars, or acclaim, or position in a world where justice and opportunity and freedom are lost to us by force, by subversion, or by our own neglect?"

"They were explorers and trappers and missionaries, traders, and farmers, and teachers, diggers of waterways and skilled operators of an industrial empire."

"I hope you will allow me to say that not only am I very proud of this distinction, but I shall expect to profit from it."

"Our school system is more important than ever before, because the job of being an American citizen is more complex than ever before in our history."