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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)
1953: 350 quotes1954: 575 quotes1955: 357 quotes1956: 136 quotes1957: 143 quotes1958: 118 quotes1959: 93 quotes1960: 57 quotes1961: 7 quotes
May 15, 1956

There are, of course, some parallels between your country and ours.

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May 15, 1956

Of course, there's always someone ready to step in our faces, too, but I think friendship is stronger than the jealousies and the hatreds.

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May 8, 1956

I can't conceive of anybody better--more equipped--to do this than the Chaplains Corps.

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May 8, 1956

America now must remain strong, by which I mean militarily strong, to sustain in the world the concepts on which our civilization is based.

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May 8, 1956

Thank you, thank you very much--personally, officially and every way I can speak.

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May 8, 1956

You bring to the men actually in the Service a sense of doing a wonderful thing--that their sacrifices, the performance of their duty, are important.

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Apr 24, 1956

Yes, I heard from Governor Stassen, had his report this morning, which is long enough to require more study than I have been able to give it before I would want to comment on it at any length.

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Apr 24, 1956

I think it is perfectly correct. I am the head of the administration, and I have been shot at before.

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Apr 24, 1956

I will only say this: in all such proposals, as always, you have to take a look at all the details that are placed before you.

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