Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

The legitimate function of government is to do for the individuals what they cannot do for themselves, or cannot so well do for themselves.

Remarks at the Lincoln Day Box Supper.

02/04/1954

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The bill directs the payment of sums aggregating $276,568 to twenty-eight individuals in settlement of claims for damages based on the flood...

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I return herewith, without my approval, H. R. 6421, 'For the relief of Roy Cowan and others.'