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Eisenhower: “We merely want the opportunity for all men who love freedom to have it, to hold it, and to enjoy it.”

On the recordOctober 19, 1956
We merely want the opportunity for all men who love freedom to have it, to hold it, and to enjoy it.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks Upon Arrival in Denver, Colorado

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