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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 26, 1954

As a matter of fact, I am now quoting the messages that come to me from all over this land, which are to the general effect that people won’t put me into the election; that seems to be the complaint that I, at least, get from the…

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Oct 26, 1954

One of my reasons that I would really like to get out and sort of dramatize for a day, for 1 day if I can, the need for getting out the vote is sort of to emphasize the importance of this election as well as those when the Presidency is at…

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Oct 26, 1954

I think there will be some little things they can take care of; I mean little in volume, important in the individual cases.

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Oct 26, 1954

Well, I think my comment is contained in your question, they are two Democrats running for Congress. [Laughter]

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Oct 25, 1954

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or…

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Oct 25, 1954

Our people have once again demonstrated their social maturity and their determination to have in America fair play and equal opportunity.

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Oct 25, 1954

The authority vested in the President by Title II of the act of June 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 681, as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 (61 Stat. 954) and as amended (42 U.S.C. 1501-1505), to determine that housing administered or…

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Oct 24, 1954

It has been truly said that the state of our economy is largely a national state of mind.

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Oct 24, 1954

I am glad that the United States is able to assist in this humanitarian effort.

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Oct 24, 1954

The purpose of this offer is to assist the Government of Viet-Nam in developing and maintaining a strong, viable state, capable of resisting attempted subversion or aggression through military means.

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Oct 24, 1954

At my first meeting with him, during World War II, he expressed his grave fear that Communist Russia would emerge from the war as a threat to individual liberty and freedom.

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Oct 24, 1954

Now that that gives every promise of coming about, I can't tell you how gratified I am, not just for myself, but for the entire American people.

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Oct 24, 1954

To foster this expanding economy must be our Government's domestic goal.

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Oct 24, 1954

We must develop a foreign economic program that will expand trade, encourage investment, help bring about currency convertibility, and reduce the need for direct aid to other countries.

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Oct 24, 1954

He knew that in peace and war, this economy is the source of our military strength.

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Oct 24, 1954

You know how intensely I believe that the safety and security of the Western World demanded unity and strength in Western Europe.

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Oct 24, 1954

I think it is extremely important that all of us have a clear understanding of what was accomplished, and the circumstances under which it was done, and what it will probably mean.

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Oct 24, 1954

Our greatest hope and opportunity is to make strong and lasting the present uneasy peace that has so lately come to the world.

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Oct 24, 1954

Government must work to stabilize the buying power of the dollar.

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Oct 24, 1954

Tonight, there is one subject—a very special one—about which to talk, and one which the American people, all of them, without regard to race or party or creed or color or any other thing, will want to hear.

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Oct 24, 1954

The Government of the United States expects that this aid will be met by performance on the part of the Government of Viet-Nam in undertaking needed reforms.

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Oct 23, 1954

We carry the torch of freedom as a sacred trust for all mankind.

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