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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Age: 78 †
Born: 1890
Born: October 14
Died: 1969
Died: March 28
34Th U.S. President
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Denison
Texas
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The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
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For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the first requisite.
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