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The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.
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
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Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.
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Plans are nothing planning is everything.
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...the exchange of students...should be vastly expanded...Information and education are powerful forces in support of peace. Just as war begins in the minds of men, so does peace.
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Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.
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Peace is more the product of our day-to-day living than of a spectacular program, intermittently executed.
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Remember that it is not by a tyrant's words, but only by his deeds that we can know him.
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