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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 17, 1954

There has been indeed a very close association between America and Liberia. And it is transcendent of mere sentiment.

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Oct 17, 1954

President Tubman, my friends: I think it would be difficult to conceive of a social occasion in which could be symbolized more of improbable romance and sheer grandeur than we have in this room this evening.

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Oct 17, 1954

I find and declare that the imposition of the quantitative limitations hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be necessary in order that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of…

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Oct 17, 1954

We as a country have profited because of the great resources of this country, now of two million people—a people whose constitution is written largely in the pattern of our own.

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Oct 17, 1954

In the public interest this finding should be effective immediately.

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Oct 17, 1954

I feel that we meet also with a very deep affection not only for the individual whom we honor, but for the country that he represents and heads.

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Oct 17, 1954

And for all those reasons, I am sure that everyone here will, with real enthusiasm, rise to join me in a Toast to President Tubman of Liberia.

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Oct 17, 1954

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103, and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 471, 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the…

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Oct 15, 1954

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 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 Pullman Company, or by its…

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Oct 14, 1954

Our Nation extends the hand of friendship to all in the world who will grasp it in honesty and good faith.

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Oct 14, 1954

You can't have two drivers at the wheel of an automobile and expect to land anywhere but in the ditch.

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Oct 14, 1954

For the first time in 20 years, there is no active battlefield anywhere in the world.

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Oct 14, 1954

I believe in optimism--enthusiasm--and the confidence that we can do it.

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Oct 14, 1954

In this I know I speak for every American citizen, regardless of partisan or any other consideration.

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Oct 14, 1954

A skilled American farm worker today produces food and clothing for eighteen other Americans.

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Oct 14, 1954

Our farmers, like all the rest of us, want relief from oppressive taxation.

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Oct 14, 1954

The welfare of 163 million Americans is bound up with our Nation's agriculture--just as every farmer is affected by all national and world affairs.

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Oct 14, 1954

I hope I am still not partisan enough that I put any thought of winning above honor and decency.

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Oct 14, 1954

Our farmers, just as all of us, want America strongly defended.

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Oct 14, 1954

It is the largest tax cut in history--an equivalent of about $180 for every family in America.

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Oct 14, 1954

No organization, no battle unit, nobody else, can win a war--can win a battle or a political campaign unless they have got something very deep for which they believe they are fighting.

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Oct 14, 1954

We must never forget that the fortunes of all of us are tightly intertwined.

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Oct 13, 1954

This Administration is determined to do everything possible to reduce the rate of such accidents.

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Oct 13, 1954

I am very much concerned with the problem of injuries to Federal workers.

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