Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"I believe they want to see, is the President, probably, capable of going through the whole range of subjects..."

"Well, I didn't get that particular detail."

"To think that in this we were just trying to score a propaganda point, well, to my mind it's just--almost silly to talk of it in that way."

"I would hope that this country can in good time get back onto a budget balance."