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The System Is Not Intended As A Substitute For Private Savings, Pension Plans, And Insurance Protection. It Is, Rather, Intended As The Foundation Upon Which These Other Forms Of Protection Can Be Soundly Built. Thus, The Individual's Own Work, His Planning And His Thrift Will Bring Him A Higher Standard Of Living Upon His Retirement, Or His Family A Higher Standard Of Living In The Event Of His Death, Than Would Otherwise Be The Case. Hence The System Both Encourages Thrift And Self-reliance, And Helps To Prevent Destitution In Our National Life.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The System Is Not Intended As A Substitute For Private Savings, Pension Plans, And Insurance Protection. It Is, Rather, Intended As The Foundation Upon Which These Other Forms Of Protection Can Be Soundly Built. Thus, The Individual's Own Work, His Planning And His Thrift Will Bring Him A Higher Standard Of Living Upon His Retirement, Or His Family A Higher Standard Of Living In The Event Of His Death, Than Would Otherwise Be The Case. Hence The System Both Encourages Thrift And Self-reliance, And Helps To Prevent Destitution In Our National Life.

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Disorganization

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In The Councils Of Government, We Must Guard Against The Acquisition Of Unwarranted Influence, Whether Sought Or Unsought, By The Military-industrial Complex. The Potential For The Disastrous Rise Of Misplaced Power Exists And Will Persist.

If We Make Ourselves Worthy Of America's Ideals, If We Do Not Forget That Our Nation Was Founded On The Premise That All Men Are Creatures Of God's Making, The World Will Come To Know That It Is Free Men Who Carry Forward The True Promise Of Human Progress And Dignity.

Extremes To The Right And To The Left Of Any Political Dispute Are Always Wrong.

We Need An Adequate Defense, But Every Arms Dollar We Spend Above Adequacy Has A Long-term Weakening Effect Upon The Nation And Its Security.

A Constitutional Amendment For Congressional Term Limits Could Never Achieve The Blessing Of Congress; It Could Be Initiated Only By The States.

Every Gathering Of Americans-whether A Few On The Porch Of A Crossroads Store Or Massed Thousands In A Great Stadium-is The Possessor Of A Potentially Immeasurable Influence On The Future.

I Am Inclined By Nature To Be Optimistic About The Capacity Of A Person To Rise Higher Than He Or She Has Thought Possible Once Interest And Ambition Are Aroused.

A World That Begins To Witness The Rebirth Of Trust Among Nations Can Find Its Way To A Peace That Is Neither Partial Nor Punitive. With All Who Will Work In Good Faith Toward Such A Peace, We Are Ready, With Renewed Resolve, To Strive To Redeem The Near-lost Hopes Of Our Day.

No Easy Problems Ever Come To The President Of The United States. If They Are Easy To Solve, Someone Else Has Solved Them.

Morale - The Will To Win, The Fighting Heart - Are The Honored Hallmarks Of The Football Coach And Player. Likewise, They Are Characteristic Of The Enterprising Executive, The Successful Troop Leader, The Established Artist And The Dedicated Teacher And Scientist.

It Will Begin With Its President Taking A Simple, Firm Resolution. The Resolution Will Be: To Forego The Diversions Of Politics And To Concentrate On The Job Of Ending The Korean War-until That Job Is Honorably Done. That Job Requires A Personal Trip To Korea. I Shall Make That Trip. Only In That Way Could I Learn How Best To Serve The American People In The Cause Of Peace. I Shall Go To Korea.

Some Day There Is Going To Be A Man Sitting In My Present Chair Who Has Not Been Raised In The Military Services And Who Will Have Little Understanding Of Where Slashes In Their Estimates Can Be Made With Little Or No Damage. If That Should Happen While We Still Have The State Of Tension That Now Exists In The World, I Shudder To Think Of What Could Happen In This Country

So - Our Readiness To Meet And Defeat This Kind Of Possible Attack Is Forced Upon Us, Both As A Potent Preventive Of Actual War And To Insure Survival In Event Of Attack. This Alertness To Danger Has To Be Translated Into Specific Policies And Activities In The Several Parts Of The World Where Our Rights - Our Way Of Life - Can Be Seriously Damaged. Work Of This Kind Occupies My Days And Nights.

Politics Should Be The Part-time Profession Of Every Citizen.

I Have One Yardstick By Which I Test Every Major Problem - And That Yardstick Is: Is It Good For America?

Every Step We Take Towards Making The State Our Caretaker Of Our Lives, By That Much We Move Toward Making The State Our Master.

Like All Successful Politicians I Married Above Myself.

The Eyes Of The World Are Upon You. The Hopes And Prayers Of Liberty-loving People Everywhere March With You.

If Progress Is To Be Steady We Must Have Long Term Guides Extending Far Ahead.

From Behind The Iron Curtain, There Are Signs That Tyranny Is In Trouble And Reminders That Its Structure Is As Brittle As Its Surface Is Hard.

We Will Bankrupt Ourselves In The Vain Search For Absolute Security.

Through Unity Of Action We Can Be A Veritable Colossus In Support Of Peace. No One Can Defeat Us Unless We First Defeat Ourselves. Every One Of Us Must Be Guided By This Truth.

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