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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presidency.ucsb.eduEisenhower: “The first step toward the losing of our freedoms is refusing to exercise the freedom to vote.”
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Remarks to Republican Leaders and Precinct Workers and a Group of Newspaper Editors, Des Moines, Iowa
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