Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

This home was built by a great number of nations to be the headquarters of that military shield that must always belong to NATO.

I came out here because of a special kind of sickness, one that afflicts the aged and the young--homesickness.

Freedom has not failed us! Surely, we shall not fail freedom!

It takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice by a lot of people to bring about the inevitable.