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Eisenhower: “We are here not only to do our duty in government, but to learn.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1953
We are here not only to do our duty in government, but to learn.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the American Bankers Association Convention.

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