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Eisenhower: “We want permanent peace based upon confidence, based upon justice and decency, wherever the American government is…”

On the recordJune 26, 1955
We want permanent peace based upon confidence, based upon justice and decency, wherever the American government is represented.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds, Skowhegan, Maine.

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