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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 14, 1953

What value dollars, or acclaim, or position in a world where justice and opportunity and freedom are lost to us by force, by subversion, or by our own neglect?

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Oct 14, 1953

But for his well-being today, the farmer must look not merely to his own skills and his own fertile acres; he must look to the far corners of this broad land and on beyond to such far-off regions as Malaya and the Belgian Congo.

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Oct 14, 1953

The importance of the place they occupy in American life needs not fewer but more of them.

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Oct 14, 1953

Everything that your Government can do to bring peace and decency in this world is being done.

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Oct 14, 1953

Above all else, however, in the story of their achievements, they helped construct a way of life--the American way of life, of which the cornerstone is an indestructible faith in man's dignity as a child of God.

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Oct 14, 1953

This community and this College have a deeper significance than anything done or any words that can be spoken here this noon.

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Oct 13, 1953

Executive Order No. 10332 of March 7, 1952, is hereby revoked.

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Oct 13, 1953

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), hereinafter referred to as the Act, and as President of the…

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Oct 13, 1953

The function of conducting administrative proceedings under Title IV of the Act, Including the conclusion of those instituted pursuant to section 405 and the taking of necessary actions under sections 407 and 408 of the Act, is hereby…

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Oct 13, 1953

Succession to office pursuant to this order shall be on a temporary or Interim basis and shall not have the effect of vacating the statutory position held by the successor.

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Oct 13, 1953

Executive Order No. 10370 of July 7, 1952 (17 F. R. 6141), is hereby revoked.

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Oct 13, 1953

In addition to the functions now vested in the Attorney General by the Act, he shall have, and there are hereby transferred to him, the following-described functions under Title IV of the Act: (a) completing the processing of enforcement…

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Oct 13, 1953

Such functions as remain in connection with the fiscal liquidation of the Economic Stabilization Agency are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury.

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Oct 13, 1953

I hereby approve such seal as the official seal of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

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Oct 12, 1953

The Republican Party is trying to use all of its brains, all of the ability it has, all of its understanding of this world as it now exists, merely to establish the foundations from which you--you people down there, soon to take over--will…

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Oct 12, 1953

GOOD EVENING, my friends--and thank you a lot for the cordiality of your welcome.

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Oct 12, 1953

Refusal by the individual, upon the ground of constitutional privilege against self-incrimination, to testify before a congressional committee regarding charges of his alleged disloyalty or other misconduct.

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Oct 12, 1953

I think I know possibly almost every man and woman whose name is signed at the bottom of this scroll.

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Oct 12, 1953

What we need is understanding, and this understanding will come from these young men and women as they go back and forth between our country and others.

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Oct 12, 1953

I don't mean to be too partisan, but I am glad that there are this many Republicans in this region.

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Oct 12, 1953

And I must say to you, never in my life have I heard so many people sing 'Happy Birthday.'

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Oct 7, 1953

Balancing the budget will always remain a goal of any administration that believes as much as we do that the soundness of our money must be assured.

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