Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

I deeply believe that the primary responsibility for meeting these problems must lie with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should strengthen and not interfere with State administration of education.

Context

Letter to the Governors Concerning the State and White House Conferences on Education To Be Held in 1955.

09/20/1954

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