Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

However, as you people well know, I don't think that any of you ought to interpret anything I say in terms of a threat of any kind.

You cannot stand aside and see America's interest deteriorate throughout the world just by inaction.

I most earnestly hope that the Congress will support this particular part of the bill to the full.

Those casualties were required from us in order to support our security in the world and to stand firmly behind the cause of freedom.