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Eisenhower: “And if ever we lose that part of the system they set up, we will lose the United States as we know it.”

On the recordMay 1, 1955
And if ever we lose that part of the system they set up, we will lose the United States as we know it.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Governors' Conference Dinner.

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