Political Quotes

Eisenhower

The Public Record

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 26, 1954

As a matter of fact, I am now quoting the messages that come to me from all over this land, which are to the general effect that people won’t put me into the election; that seems to be the complaint that I, at least, get from the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

Indeed I have. It is nothing in the world but an effort to get the best kind of people applying for governmental service that you can get, to get the White House out of the channel, so far as possible, to get these people recommending to…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

I believe that there is a number, it is in the small hundreds, that were appointed, but only tentatively appointed, since January 1953 that are included in this group.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

I consider Mr. Adenauer one of the great statesmen of our time, and one of the best informed men on Western European affairs that I have met.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

Well, you base your whole question on a statement that you say appears to be a Republican attitude at the moment.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

There is no responsible official in this department that hasn’t had orders that, in recruiting for the civil service, a man’s party affiliation will make no slightest difference and give him none.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

I have nothing to announce, no speeches to make, at least unless provoked. [Laughter]

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 26, 1954

Well, I think my comment is contained in your question, they are two Democrats running for Congress. [Laughter]

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 25, 1954

Our people have once again demonstrated their social maturity and their determination to have in America fair play and equal opportunity.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 25, 1954

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Oct 25, 1954

The authority vested in the President by Title II of the act of June 28, 1940, 54 Stat. 681, as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 (61 Stat. 954) and as amended (42 U.S.C. 1501-1505), to determine that housing administered or…

presidency.ucsb.edu

Politicians like Eisenhower