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Eisenhower: “The health of our people is the very essence of our vitality, our strength and our progress as a nation.”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1954
The health of our people is the very essence of our vitality, our strength and our progress as a nation.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Special Message to the Congress on the Health Needs of the American People

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