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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)
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Dec 16, 1953

I HAVE CALLED this meeting of the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the various standing committees for the purpose of advising with me on the legislative program which I propose to set forth…

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Dec 16, 1953

The American people have vested in the Republican Party the responsibility of government.

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Dec 16, 1953

On the basis of our first day of conference, I am sure I speak for all at the conference when I say that the leaders of the Republican Party will continue to present a successful, sound, and productive program that will serve the welfare…

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Dec 15, 1953

There are certain changes in the law that are necessary before America can realize the full value with its allies out of the development that has been going on since the World War in this weapons field.

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Dec 15, 1953

In a job such as this, all of you realize there has got to be a terrific amount of decentralization, and any man worthy to be a chief of a great organizational body must do two or three things: one of them, pick the people he trusts; two…

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Dec 15, 1953

From this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Railway Express Agency, Inc., or by its employees, in the conditions out of which the said…

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Dec 15, 1953

Frankly, that is what I am trying to get all people to understand.

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Dec 15, 1953

As far as I can recall now, from that first germ there have been many, many people contributing to this thing; we have had many serious discussions about it.

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Dec 15, 1953

Few areas of human endeavor are so fundamental to the political stability and economy of nations as agriculture.

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Dec 15, 1953

When you are trying to get a division ready for battle, and when a commander finds the need to go out and to try to start from the beginning to give this boy a fundamental reason why he is in uniform, it is pretty discouraging.

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