Political Quotes

“in the 1950s, America embarked on the largest public works project in its history: a new web of interstate highways. This came about as a result of then-President Eisenhower reflecting upon a time when he was given an assignment as a young major to bring a caravan of vehicles across the country as part of his duties in the Army. It was a terrible experience--roads were dilapidated, rutted--and it was something he never forgot. When he became President of the United States, he decided something should be done about that. This was a tremendous undertaking; 47,000 miles of highways would, for the first time, connect businesses and communities from sea to shining sea. President Eisenhower--of course, a Republican--said the investment would pave the way for a new era of American growth. He said: America will be a nation of great prosperity, but will be more than that: it will be a nation that is going ahead every day. . . . The expanding horizon is one that staggers the imagination. President Eisenhower said a new highway system was essential to our economy, our safety, and our progress as a nation. That is just as true today as it was in 1954. Today, America depends on more than 4 million miles of roadways to keep our economy humming. We use those roads to take the kids across town to school and to take products across the Nation to market.…”