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On the recordOctober 28, 1953
Of all the phases of our heritage that we have received--all of these God-given resources and privileges we enjoy--the one that I believe every true American wants to pass on without any destruction, is that right of the individual to his own determination of what he shall think, of how he shall worship, of what he shall earn, of how he can save, and what he can do with his savings--subject to taxes.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Fourth American Forest Congress.

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