On the recordSeptember 22, 1954
In all that the people can individually do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
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presidency.ucsb.eduEisenhower: “In all that the people can individually do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.”
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Address at the Dedication of McNary Dam, Walla Walla, Washington
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