Political Quotes

Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Kansas and rose to prominence as a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. Eisenhower served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, overseeing the successful D-Day invasion and the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.

Quotes by year · 195319611,836 total · peak 1954 (575)
1953: 350 quotes1954: 575 quotes1955: 357 quotes1956: 136 quotes1957: 143 quotes1958: 118 quotes1959: 93 quotes1960: 57 quotes1961: 7 quotes
Feb 2, 1954

In view of this historical pattern, which by now has become so clear, I think that it is both wiser and fairer to make known my views on this subject at the outset.

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Feb 2, 1954

Government policy is now geared to decreasing the difficulties incident to this transition and to strengthening the weapons necessary for this task.

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Feb 2, 1954

The principal objection to commemorative coins is that they detract from the fundamental function of the coinage as a medium of exchange.

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Feb 2, 1954

I don't think that big and bombastic talk is the thing that makes other people fear.

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Feb 2, 1954

I feel that there has been between us existing a very fine relationship, in war and in peace.

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Feb 2, 1954

I believe we must always keep trying; that is what we are doing.

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Jan 27, 1954

For politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

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Jan 27, 1954

We must leave to the future an America that is whole, intact, strong, united--and still the land of freedom.

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Jan 27, 1954

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

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Jan 27, 1954

And you should, it seems to me, wear your political badge with some considerable pride.

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