Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"The Louisiana Purchase effectively doubled the area of our young nation, brought this country unimagined wealth, and gave us strength and international influence beyond the dreams of our nation's foun..."

"Well then, I assure you, that kind of help, as much as I can give, will always be there."

"That daring, typically American, has been justified in rare measure."

"By the way, John Wisdom told me on the way out here that there was a Mayor and three councilmen of a little town somewhere elected in Louisiana."