Eisenhower

The affection that inspired this gathering, I venture to say, is the most valuable commodity--unseen as it is, it is bound to be felt by him today, and in the future.

They have launched a venture in freedom unparalleled in man's struggle over the ages.

Governor Lodge, ladies and gentlemen: After that introduction, my natural question is, Well, whose birthday is this, anyway?

If each of you is lucky, you own about 60 years.

Now, many individuals through the ages have attempted, in a sentence, to define exactly what is an institution of learning.

Unless there is this understanding developed in our institutions of learning, and unless that understanding is related to the truth, of the essentially spiritual character of man with his spiritual longings and aspirations, we cannot do…

Indeed, I think we could put it this way: our institutions of learning, and our churches, have become the true mobilization centers of those forces which may now save civilization.

All peoples want peace--all peoples.

It means that in the estimation of all of these people, that he, as the first citizen of your State, does a worthy job in your service.

I merely want, therefore, as my part in this celebration, to help him thank you for coming here, because I know that his own heart will be so full of gratitude and humility that he can't say it as eloquently as he should like.

Of all religious concepts, this belief in the infinite worth of the individual is beyond doubt among the most important.

We will welcome a workable system for limiting armaments and controlling atomic energy.

To each of you, good luck--God bless you and be with you.

We have arrived at that point, my friends, when war does not present the possibility of victory or defeat.

Now I want to look forward this evening, instead of back.

Let each of us pray for peace--pray that He who rules over nation and man may guide every human being toward that wisdom and understanding that forever will bar from mankind the scourge of war.

The pursuit of peace is at once our religious obligation and our national policy.

It would be, indeed, difficult for me to find the words in which to express the deep sense of pride I have in accepting the Honorary Doctorate of this College.

War would present to us only the alternative in degrees of destruction.

Of course, I am astonished that Governor Lodge is 51. He looked to me 41.

The fact that so many stubborn problems have been resolved through patience and forbearance surely justifies our hope.

I most thoroughly believe in young men, and I think it is a very simple proposition: if I am lucky I may own 15 or 20 years of the United States.

Our people and their Government are dedicated to making this a just and a lasting peace.

There is no task facing the world today so important as maintaining a peace and giving to the world confidence that that peace will be just and lasting.

My friend, I would like for you to know that the soldier has only one excuse for living in this world, and that is to regain the peace that you diplomats lost in the first place.