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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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Nov 30, 1953

This order shall become effective at the close of business on November 30, 1953.

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Nov 29, 1953

Thus hastening the day when all people, of whatever nation, race, or creed, will be secure in the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Nov 22, 1953

The things that make us proud to be Americans are of the soul and of the spirit.

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Nov 22, 1953

Let us never forget that the deep things that are American are the soul and the spirit.

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Nov 18, 1953

I personally hold that the greatest honor that can come to an individual under the various aspects of our Western civilization is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by one of our great educational institutions.

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Nov 18, 1953

It is my unshakeable conviction that no people, as such, wants war.

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Nov 17, 1953

The fact that our Government rests and is founded on a deeply-felt religious faith gives to my appearance, even before such a body, a certain validity--say, a certain fitness.

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Nov 17, 1953

I am still hopeful that before too long I can lay this more clearly than it has yet been placed before the American people and before the world.

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Nov 17, 1953

You raise another question, Mr. Smith, one that is of great significance; and I would hate to answer it, you might say, off the cuff because I haven't discussed the particular thing.

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Nov 17, 1953

I believe that if there is one single word that could define free government, it is cooperation.

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Nov 17, 1953

The Magna Charta, our Declaration of Independence, and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man were certainly nothing else than the attempt on the part of men to state that in their government there would be recognized the principle of…

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Nov 17, 1953

I am proceeding with my associates as strongly and as earnestly and as thoroughly as I can in that direction.

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Nov 17, 1953

I think I would express myself this way: issues in political campaigns are not made by any individual, and that includes the President of the United States.

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Nov 17, 1953

It takes a lot of conference in composing of views. I don't intend to shirk my share of it, and to take my full responsibility for doing it.

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Nov 17, 1953

I believe that every soldier--every American soldier, at least-seeking to find within his own soul some reason for being on the battlefield, for enduring the things he has to endure there, has in the long run got to fix this relationship…

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Nov 17, 1953

I don't believe we can live in fear of each other forever, and I really hope and believe that this administration is proceeding decently and justly to get this thing straightened out.

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Nov 15, 1953

Unfortunately, peace and freedom did not come to the world when the guns fell silent.

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Nov 15, 1953

I have previously stated my conviction that this law, while fundamentally sound, should be changed in some respects.

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Nov 15, 1953

To the Fifteenth Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, I extend greetings and good wishes.

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Nov 13, 1953

We have a dramatic symbol of that partnership in the favored topic of every speaker addressing an audience made up of both our peoples our unfortified frontier.

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Nov 13, 1953

I am highly honored by the invitation of the Parliament that I address it.

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