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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
May 17, 1955

Every community and every citizen must be ready to act swiftly and with confident knowledge of what they are about.

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May 17, 1955

Mrs. Hobby, in my opinion, has proved in her office that all of the good opinion built up about her in her work during the war as head of the WAC corps was fully justified.

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May 17, 1955

Our purpose in going to this meeting, we are not going to this meeting to conduct a contest.

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May 17, 1955

But they always have held up this standard, safety, making certain that they are not doing something that would work against the life of the child, but to protect the life of that child.

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May 17, 1955

We may not have as many B-52's as we should like at this moment.

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May 17, 1955

Not only will such vigilance and preparedness minimize the effects of any disaster, it can powerfully deter aggression itself.

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May 17, 1955

I think America is forgetting one thing: the thanks we owe to tremendous groups of scientists, devoted doctors, people that have worked night and day.

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May 16, 1955

In a word, we want to stay strong and will stay vigilant, but we are not going to extinguish the hope that a new dawn may be coming, even if it rises--the sun rises very, very slowly.

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