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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
Jun 24, 1955

I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, do…

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Jun 24, 1955

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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Jun 24, 1955

It reminded me of the war--a great group of soldiers standing out here would have thought there was an awful lot of brass coming around the corner.

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Jun 24, 1955

Someone told me that there was only one speech you could make in this town, which was quite long ago, that the good Lord could have made a better place than Lancaster, but he didn't.

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Jun 24, 1955

Now, my friends, I just want to say this: never have I had a more pleasant time than I have had on these two days.

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Jun 23, 1955

If we are sufficiently devoted to the cause of peace, to the kind of progress of which I speak, we will be strong, and then we will be able to cooperate with others, because only strength can cooperate--weakness cannot cooperate, it can…

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Jun 22, 1955

I am not only grateful for what I have learned of New Hampshire this evening.

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