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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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Jan 3, 1954

In war it renders so many services, so well, to men fighting for freedom, that among the armed forces no morale factor is more important than the Red Cross.

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Jan 3, 1954

I know that you have unbounded confidence in the future of America.

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Jan 3, 1954

We believe that with such public servants, and backed by your approval, we can take the forward road to a stronger and better America.

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Jan 3, 1954

It is groundwork that has been laid by this administration in the strong belief that the Federal Government should be prepared at all times--ready, at a moment's notice--to use every proper means to sustain the basic prosperity of our…

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Jan 3, 1954

Tonight, I would like to talk to you as individuals and as American families--deeply concerned with the realities of living.

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Jan 3, 1954

We will build a stronger and better America--of greater security and increasing prosperity for all.

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Jan 3, 1954

For we know that you are far more knowledgeable than Washington as to the nature of your local needs.

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Jan 3, 1954

I therefore give you this assurance: Every legitimate means available to the Federal Government that can be used to sustain that prosperity is being used and will continue to be used as necessary.

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Jan 3, 1954

We know that an informed and alert people is the backbone of the free system in which this Republic was conceived and under which it has so greatly prospered.

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Jan 3, 1954

The Red Cross through its purposes, its work and the people who belong to it, helps us to realize man is made of nobler qualities than those of selfishness, greed and personal advantage.

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Jan 3, 1954

Believe me--these realities of living, every one of them, are the deep concern, too, of this administration.

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Dec 31, 1953

In the District of Columbia, the time is long overdue for granting national suffrage to its citizens and also applying the principle of local self-government to the Nation's capital.

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Dec 31, 1953

For years, our citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 have, in time of peril, been summoned to fight for America. They should participate in the political process that produces this fateful summons. I urge the Congress to propose to the…

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Dec 28, 1953

I would appreciate it if you would communicate my views on this matter to all procurement officials.

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Dec 25, 1953

I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, do hereby proclaim that the total aggregate…

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Dec 25, 1953

I further find and declare such permissible total quantity to be proportionately not less than 50 percentum of the total average aggregate annual quantity of such oats.

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Dec 25, 1953

I find that hulled and unhulled oats and unhulled ground oats are practically certain to be imported into the United States.

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Dec 23, 1953

Now, Therefore, 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…

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Dec 22, 1953

I am confident that, during your term in office, France, true to her tradition, will provide inspiration and leadership to our common efforts to advance the cause of peace, well-being and human dignity for the peoples of the world.

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Dec 22, 1953

Please accept my congratulations upon your election to the Presidency of the French Republic.

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Dec 18, 1953

We must continue to strengthen the unity of the free world to resist Communist aggression.

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Dec 18, 1953

The program will soon be ready for presentation to the Congress.

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Dec 18, 1953

The program will be based, in principle and in philosophy, on the 1952 Republican platform.

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Dec 18, 1953

The Executive Branch of the Government, the Congressional leaders and the Committee chairmen will cooperate fully in carrying out this program.

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