Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

I believe that the greatest honor, the greatest distinction, that can come to any American is to feel that in his own niche he has been of service to the United States of America.

Context

Remarks at a Dinner Sponsored by the District of Columbia Republican Women's Finance Committee

05/22/1955

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