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Eisenhower: Indeed, I think we could put it this way: our institutions of learning, and our churches, have become the true…

On the recordOctober 19, 1954
Indeed, I think we could put it this way: our institutions of learning, and our churches, have become the true mobilization centers of those forces which may now save civilization.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Trinity College Convocation, Hartford, Connecticut

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