Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

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.

Context

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

06/06/1955

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