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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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Oct 28, 1953

So again, as I bid you welcome, I also express this tremendous gratification that you are here for your Congress, this assembly.

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Oct 27, 1953

Well, the timing was such I could not possibly accept it now.

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Oct 27, 1953

I think it would be more proper to say the accomplishments of Congress and the executive departments under the leadership of the Republican Party.

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Oct 27, 1953

In this time, when all the world is divided by virtue of a struggle between those who believe in the essential dignity of man as a creature created in the image of his God, and those who contend that man is nothing but a pawn, a creature…

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Oct 27, 1953

May your stay here be an enjoyable one, and may you find as much pleasure in our house as we did in yours.

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Oct 27, 1953

Well, Mr. Drummond, of course, we are very old friends; Winston Churchill and I have been warm friends for years.

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Oct 27, 1953

Your Majesties:I count it an opportunity and a rare distinction to welcome the two of you here as the guests of our Nation in this Capital.

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Oct 27, 1953

I have frequently talked about minimum wages to various people, but no recommendation has ever reached me of that kind.

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Oct 27, 1953

Actually, out in Missouri, $1 million was made available as quickly as the program of cooperation between the State and the Federal Government was worked out.

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Oct 27, 1953

This house is honored this evening in the privilege of entertaining the heads of a state to which all Western civilization will be forever indebted.

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Oct 27, 1953

There exists no plan for reduction of any combat forces of the United States anywhere.

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Oct 27, 1953

Paul I, King of the Hellenes, has made a personal contribution of the greatest importance to the warm friendship between his people and the people of the United States.

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Oct 27, 1953

For Mrs. Eisenhower and myself it is a particularly happy opportunity that we may repay something of the hospitality you so graciously extended to us two years ago in Athens.

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Oct 27, 1953

The purpose of the United States Information Agency shall be to submit evidence to peoples of other nations by means of communication techniques that the objectives and policies of the United States are in harmony with and will advance…

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Oct 27, 1953

I don't see why I have to take an extremist view on this thing.

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Oct 27, 1953

As a matter of fact, I underwent quite a series of tests just before we came back from Denver, and the reports given to me were cheering to a man of my age.

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Oct 26, 1953

The provisions of Executive Order No. 10450 of April 27, 1953, entitled 'Security Requirements for Government Employment', shall be applicable to commissioned officers of the Service; and the Secretary, in accordance with the standards and…

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Oct 26, 1953

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 215 of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 690), and as President of the United States, the regulations relating to commissioned officers and employees of the Public Health Service…

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Oct 26, 1953

Section 21.183, entitled 'Transmission of information to certain agencies', is revoked.

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Oct 26, 1953

Section 21.1 of the said regulations is amended to read:§ 21.1 Meaning of terms.

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Oct 21, 1953

THE PRESIDENT of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to SECOND LIEUTENANT RAYMOND G. MURPHY, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE, for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

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Oct 20, 1953

I think that the great interest shown by these Governors in the responsibility of the local area as well as the help they expect from the Federal Government is very encouraging.

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