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Eisenhower: “Now I want to look forward this evening, instead of back.”

On the recordOctober 19, 1954
Now I want to look forward this evening, instead of back.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Address at the American Jewish Tercentenary Dinner, New York City

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