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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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Oct 11, 1956

The progress made in the settlement of the Suez dispute this afternoon at the United Nations is most gratifying.

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Oct 11, 1956

It is true that you can say technically the cost of living is high.

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Oct 11, 1956

Now, when I see what unions have done for the working man of America ... I don't have to have any doubt in my mind as to what they have done for America as a whole.

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Sep 24, 1956

The toughest problems--lost markets, overproduction, surpluses--are giving way.

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Sep 24, 1956

We must and do make good use of that valuable tool--price supports.

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Sep 24, 1956

This year the soil bank is retiring over 12 million acres and earning a half million farmers more than $260 million.

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Sep 24, 1956

The value of the government stockpile of farm surpluses climbed to nine billion dollars.

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Sep 24, 1956

I have a strong liking for a man when he finds anything wrong in government he doesn't fool around but cleans it up fast.

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Sep 24, 1956

The gracious hospitality of the people of this State is heartwarming indeed.

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Sep 24, 1956

Let us--I repeat--talk facts--and begin with a little recent history.

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Sep 24, 1956

Your decision can then assure and direct our progress in the years ahead.

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Sep 24, 1956

No farmer--no citizen--really believes in any theory of our nation divided into sealed compartments.

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Sep 24, 1956

They want a government which is honest and thrifty, high in principle, and fair in practice.

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Sep 20, 1956

We are talking about the kind of government that does its own part in helping to look after the human needs of this country.

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Sep 20, 1956

I have been talking a great deal about the Republican Party as the party of the future.

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Sep 20, 1956

If it is good for 168 million Americans, get behind it and shove!

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Sep 20, 1956

Government does not try to be 'big brother knows better than you do.'

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Sep 20, 1956

The first step toward the losing of our freedoms is refusing to exercise the freedom to vote.

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Sep 19, 1956

The administration of the national-security clause contained in such contracts of sale, including any contract of sale made under the act of March 31, 1955, or under the said act of March 21, 1956, shall be carried out in accordance with…

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Sep 19, 1956

All matters placed under the administration or jurisdiction of the Corporation by sections 1 and 3 of this order shall be subject to direction and control by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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Sep 19, 1956

Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the Federal Facilities Corporation is hereby designated as the agency to administer the contracts of sale or lease of the Government-owned rubber producing facilities made pursuant to…

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