Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

So if a fighter escort is necessary where we know we have got a right to go, then we ought to use them.

The President's News Conference

11/09/1954

More Dwight Eisenhower Quotes

I have probably visited many more small towns than he has.

I don't think in any general sense that they have been sufficiently numerous and powerful to create any dangerous situation.

I have great faith in their sincerity, in their disinterestedness so far as different services are concerned.

No, because I haven't any views to present.