Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

Your own property, your own security, your own opportunity, your own liberties, they must be earned-they cannot be bestowed upon you.

Address at the Annual Convention of the Future Farmers of America, Kansas City, Missouri

10/14/1953

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Please don't get discouraged when you feel no visible progress.

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