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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
Oct 28, 1954

Government has tried to work with people, rather than to try to dominate them—rather than to boss them.

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Oct 27, 1954

I know we share the urgent hope that there may be returned to the Congress a Republican majority that will work with the Executive Branch in completing the program that we believe is in the best interests of all America.

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Oct 27, 1954

Whenever my burdens tend to feel unduly heavy, I admire all the more the tremendous job you have done since the opening of the present campaign.

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Oct 27, 1954

I appreciate the concern that the Congress had for the pay of Federal workers, and I regret that I could not conscientiously approve its approach to the problem.

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Oct 27, 1954

In Korea, 14 months ago, the futile waste of American life and treasure was stopped.

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Oct 27, 1954

The Chancellor was assured that the United States stands ready, now as in the past, to offer every support and assistance considered useful in accomplishing this end.

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Oct 27, 1954

We have proved at last that America can go from war to peace without a terrifying depression.

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Oct 27, 1954

I do, however, feel confident that an equitable pay program can and will be enacted in the next Congress if members of our party are retained in positions of leadership.

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Oct 27, 1954

It is wonderful to see the bandwagon and the Ike balloon, even if only in the moon.

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