Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

I merely want, therefore, as my part in this celebration, to help him thank you for coming here, because I know that his own heart will be so full of gratitude and humility that he can't say it as eloquently as he should like.

Context

Remarks at the Governor Lodge Birthday Celebration in Hartford

10/19/1954

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