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May We Grow In Strength — Without Pride In Self. May We, In Our Dealings With All Peoples Of The Earth, Ever Speak Truth And Serve Justice. And So Shall America — In The Sight Of All Men Of Good Will — Prove True To The Honorable Purposes That Bind And Rule Us As A People In All This Time Of Trial Through Which We Pass.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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May We Grow In Strength — Without Pride In Self. May We, In Our Dealings With All Peoples Of The Earth, Ever Speak Truth And Serve Justice. And So Shall America — In The Sight Of All Men Of Good Will — Prove True To The Honorable Purposes That Bind And Rule Us As A People In All This Time Of Trial Through Which We Pass.

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Like Myself, All Americans Have A Deep Concern For The Well-being Of Iran. With Them I Have Watched Closely Your Courageous Efforts, Your Steadfastness Over The Past Difficult Years, And With Them I Too Have Hoped That You Might Achieve The Goals You So Earnestly Desire. The Attainment Of An Oil Settlement Along The Lines Which Have Been Announced Should Be A Significant Step In The Direction Of The Realization Of Your Aspirations For Your People.

Well, It's Hard For A Mere Man To Believe That Woman Doesn't Have Equal Rights.

Possibly My Hatred Of War Blinds Me So That I Cannot Comprehend The Arguments They Adduce. But, In My Opinion, There Is No Such Thing As A Preventive War. Although This Suggestion Is Repeatedly Made, None Has Yet Explained How War Prevents War. Worse Than This, No One Has Been Able To Explain Away The Fact That War Creates The Conditions That Beget War.

Oh, That Lovely Title, Ex-president.

Censorship, In My Opinion, Is A Stupid And Shallow Way Of Approaching The Solution To Any Problem.

And They Can Appreciate, Through Personal Experience, That The Really Decisive Battleground Of American Freedom Is In The Hearts And Minds Of Our Own People... Each Day We Must Ask That Almighty God Will Set And Keep His Protecting Hand Over Us So That We May Pass On To Those Who Come After Us The Heritage Of A Free People, Secure In Their God-given Rights And In Full Control Of A Government Dedicated To The Preservation Of Those Rights.

If All That Americans Want Is Security, They Can Go To Prison. They'll Have Enough To Eat, A Bed And A Roof Over Their Heads. But If An American Wants To Preserve His Dignity And His Equality As A Human Being, He Must Not Bow His Neck To Any Dictatorial Government.

How Can We Appraise A Proposal If The Terms Hurled At Our Ears Can Mean Anything Or Nothing, And Change Their Significance With The Inflection Of The Voice? Welfare State, National Socialism, Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Reactionary And A Regiment Of Others ... These Terms In Today's Usage, Are Generally Compounds Of Confusion And Prejudice. If Our Attitudes Are Muddled, Our Language Is Often To Blame. A Good Tonic For Clearer Thinking Is A Dose Of Precise, Legal Definition.

No One Should Ever Sit In This Office Over 70 Years Old, And That I Know.

Teachers Need Our Active Support And Encouragement. They Are Doing One Of The Most Necessary And Exacting Jobs In The Land. They Are Developing Our Most Precious National Resource: Our Children, Our Future Citizens.

I Know Something About That War, And I Never Want To See That History Repeated. But, My Fellow Americans, It Certainly Can Be Repeated If The Peace-loving Democratic Nations Again Fearfully Practice A Policy Of Standing Idly By While Big Aggressors Use Armed Force To Conquer The Small And Weak.

...the Right Of The Individual To Elect Freely The Manner Of His Care In Illness Must Be Preserved.

Leadership Is The Ability To Decide What Is To Be Done And Then Get Others To Do It.

The Supreme Quality Of Leadership Is Integrity.

I Think Of Going Back To The Sports Field Again, And Let's Take A Baseball Game. Well, You Have Cracked Out A Grounder And You Put In Your Last Ounce Of Energy And You Just Happen To Make First Base. But You Don't Stop There. First Base Is The Beginning. Now You Call On All Your Alertness, Your Skill, Your Energy - And You Count On Your Teammates, You Count On The People That Are Working With You. And The Purpose Of That Getting On First Base Was To Get You Around To Count A Run.

Preventive War Was An Invention Of Hitler. I Would Not Even Listen To Anyone Seriously That Came And Talked About Such A Thing.

No Battle Was Ever Won According To Plan, But No Battle Was Ever Won Without One.

According To Plan

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