Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 16, 1953
For today our whole economy turns and depends upon the commerce of the world through such ports as this.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Address in New Orleans at the Ceremony Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase

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