On the recordMay 22, 1955
I repeat I believe, therefore, that opportunity--individual opportunity and freedom--enriches a whole society, and regimentation merely distributes the losses that have occurred.
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presidency.ucsb.eduEisenhower: “I repeat I believe, therefore, that opportunity--individual opportunity and freedom--enriches a whole society, and…”
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Remarks to the President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Handicapped.
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