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To blend, without coercion, the individual good and the common good is the essence of citizenship in a free country.

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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Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.
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