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Eisenhower: “For politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 1954
For politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Address Recorded for the Republican Lincoln Day Dinners

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