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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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The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.
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The proper role of government, however, is that of partner with the farmer -- never his master. By every possible means we must develop and promote that partnership -- to the end that agriculture may continue to be a sound, enduring foundation for our economy and that farm living may be a profitable and satisfying experience.
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The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
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So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.
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The world no longer has a choice between force and law if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.
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The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
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We know something of the cost of that war. We were in it from December seventh, '41, till August of '45. Ever since that time, we have been waging peace. It has had its ups and downs just as the war did.
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I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
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I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].
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There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.
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You realise Group Captain that this might be the most important weather forecast in history?
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No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.
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The eyes of the world are upon you.
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Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal safety in an emergency, and for many it is the primary weapon of offence and defense. Expertness in its use cannot be over emphasized.
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Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
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I have spent my life in the study of military strength as a deterrent to war, and in the character of military armaments necessary to win a war. The study of the first of these questions is still profitable, but we are rapidly getting to the point that no war can be won.
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In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.
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