Political Quotes

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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Feb 7, 1956

I am not going to be tied down to a promise, because when I make a promise I keep it, if it is humanly possible.

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Feb 7, 1956

I think I will probably trust my own feelings more than I will the doctor's reports.

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Feb 7, 1956

I believe in free enterprise, and I believe in the exercise by the States of the rights that are specifically reserved to them.

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Feb 7, 1956

I do believe that we must continuously watch the whole proposition of putting money into political campaigns.

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Feb 7, 1956

I think we have proved we are not complacent in the amount of money we have put into it.

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Feb 7, 1956

I have expressed myself a number of times on the right of the people here to vote.

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Feb 7, 1956

I would like to make one or two observations: there are limits to what you can do in research and development.

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Feb 7, 1956

I think I brought it up because of the fact I didn't know it until several weeks later.

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Feb 7, 1956

I have always avoided a fixed date for saying exactly what I would do.

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Jan 24, 1956

I do believe this: from the beginning I have pursued one policy

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Jan 24, 1956

I would like to see the intent on the part of the American people, after their attention is drawn to this thing, to cut it down somewhat each year

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