Eisenhower: “I think there is nothing that is more important for us than to realize…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1954

I think there is nothing that is more important for us than to realize that a healthy nation is a strong nation--strong in its morale, strong in its economy, strong as it faces the world, no matter what threats it may have to face.

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Eisenhower

Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Manhattan State Hospital, Wards Island, New York City

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