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Eisenhower: “This should generate neither a despairing belief that the tide of events is beyond human control nor an apathetic…”

On the recordJune 6, 1955
This should generate neither a despairing belief that the tide of events is beyond human control nor an apathetic acceptance that human ability is not equal to the immense problems newly arisen.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Graduation Ceremonies, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

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