Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"We ought to negotiate and keep negotiating until we have gotten somewhere."

"No, other than to continue to urge both sides to continue negotiations to find a reasonable answer."

"The achievement of a fiscal position that allows our revenues to cover our expenditures--as well as to produce some surplus for debt retirement-will improve substantially the environment in which debt..."

"The enactment of this program is essential to sound conduct of the Government's financial affairs."