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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 21, 1955

Always in one hand will be the olive branch held out to all who will take it in honesty and in integrity.

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Jun 21, 1955

I know that Americans everywhere are the same, in their longing for peace.

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Jun 20, 1955

There is no question about the commonsense--the logic of the decisions that will be reached by the American public when they are informed.

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Jun 20, 1955

I congratulate you heartily both on when you were born, what you have done, and what you are going to do.

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Jun 20, 1955

I am tempted to talk for just a moment about the most important crop of all in this country: yourselves.

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Jun 20, 1955

The prosperity of the agricultural community is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of the nation.

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Jun 20, 1955

The farmer is not just a farmer, he is a citizen of the United States, first and always.

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Jun 20, 1955

When you have the mission of getting hold of the information, not only about the farm programs, but the things that will interest the whole farm community, you are doing a tremendously great service.

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Jun 20, 1955

As a farm individual, you are first close to the soil and from the soil must come all the things by which we live.

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Jun 17, 1955

He now believes that the functioning of the Committee will be improved by having an individual other than the Chairman to represent each of the seven fields of interest covered by the Committee membership.

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Jun 17, 1955

I sincerely hope that you will be able to undertake this direct liaison responsibility.

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