Political Quotes

Eisenhower: “We are today observing the anniversary of an event which ranks with the most important in our history.”

On the recordOctober 16, 1953
We are today observing the anniversary of an event which ranks with the most important in our history.
Said by
Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Address in New Orleans at the Ceremony Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase

Share

More from Eisenhower

Jan 16, 1961

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

thenation.com
Dec 23, 1960

I find and declare that adjustments must be made in the imports of crude oil and unfinished oils for overestimates and underestimates of total demand.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Nov 13, 1960

We shall eventually have a world in which all men are brothers, and in which the outstretched hand is not that of a tyrant, but the hand of friendship.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jan 16, 1961

The Secretary of the Interior shall keep under review the Imports Into District I, Districts II-IV, and District V of residual fuel oil to be used as fuel.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation