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Eisenhower: “Nothing is more dangerous to our cause than to expect America's message to be heard if we don't bother to tell it.”

On the recordAugust 29, 1954
Nothing is more dangerous to our cause than to expect America's message to be heard if we don't bother to tell it.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Address at the American Legion Convention.

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