Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"I therefore give you this assurance: Every legitimate means available to the Federal Government that can be used to sustain that prosperity is being used and will continue to be used as necessary."

"For we know that you are far more knowledgeable than Washington as to the nature of your local needs."

"It is a program inspired by zeal for the common good, dedicated to the welfare of every American family--whatever its means of livelihood may be, or its social position, or its ancestral strain, or it..."

"It is my earnest hope that the Congress will take quick and effective steps to enact the measures I will recommend."