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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
Nov 21, 1954

The Civil Service Rules are hereby amended to read as follows:

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Nov 16, 1954

It was essential to have a continuing bi-partisan approach to foreign affairs and national security matters that would represent the best interests of our nation, regardless of which political party controlled the Congress.

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Nov 15, 1954

There is no aspiration, there is no dream on the horizons of man's hopes and beliefs and faiths that is so strong, so vivid, as the dream of peace—lasting peace.

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Nov 10, 1954

I feel that there is nothing--nothing else--that could ever have induced the Eisenhower brothers to attach their name to something which inescapably would have certain elements, let us say, of self-glorification, except that that project…

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Nov 9, 1954

The United States will continue to examine sympathetically means whereby it can assist the Japanese people to advance their well-being.

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Nov 9, 1954

So if a fighter escort is necessary where we know we have got a right to go, then we ought to use them.

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Nov 9, 1954

So that is where you have--it isn't one of these cases where a plane has come out in the middle toward Hawaii and shot you down.

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Nov 9, 1954

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Treaty and Protocol submitted herewith, and advise and consent to the ratification thereof subject to the understanding of the United States contained in the Treaty.

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Nov 9, 1954

I believe we have a good group of foreign officers, as I have repeated time and again.

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Nov 8, 1954

You will add your part to this great Nation that we call America.

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