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Eisenhower: “Let's not make Washington the master of any free American, either through unnecessary direct intervention in his…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1954
Let's not make Washington the master of any free American, either through unnecessary direct intervention in his business, or through the indirect method of getting control of all of the power and other resources that he needs in order to make a living.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Airport, Grand Junction, Colorado

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