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Eisenhower: “The first step toward the losing of our freedoms is refusing to exercise the freedom to vote.”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1956
The first step toward the losing of our freedoms is refusing to exercise the freedom to vote.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks to Republican Leaders and Precinct Workers and a Group of Newspaper Editors, Des Moines, Iowa

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