Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"Our government is a Republic, and there is a division of power, not only functionally but geographically, with the hope that the maximum of power will be reserved at the local level."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies in t..."

"But now we have got to a place where the matter can no longer be handled by professional or organized military forces, and where we must all act together in the operation of any plan necessary for our..."

"Accordingly, I have called a Conference on Highway Safety for Washington next February seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth."