Eisenhower said "The legitimate business of government is to do for a people or a community those things which they cannot do at all for themselves, or cannot so well do in their separate capacities; but in all those things that people can do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 7, 1954

The legitimate business of government is to do for a people or a community those things which they cannot do at all for themselves, or cannot so well do in their separate capacities; but in all those things that people can do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere.

Said by

Eisenhower

Republican · Kansas

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Republican Precinct Day Rally, Denver, Colorado

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