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On the recordOctober 16, 1953
I should like to say, gentlemen, that some very, very great oaks have grown from small acorns--and he looks like a pretty good-sized acorn to me.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks to a Group of Republican Workers in New Orleans

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