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Today In America, Unions Have A Secure Place In Our Industrial Life. Only A Handful Of Reactionaries Harbor The Ugly Thought Of Breaking Unions And Depriving Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice. I Have No Use For Those - Regardless Of Their Political Party - Who Hold Some Vain And Foolish Dream Of Spinning The Clock Back To Days When Organized Labor Was Huddled, Almost As A Hapless Mass. Only A Fool Would Try To Deprive Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Today In America, Unions

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Today In America, Unions Have A Secure Place In Our Industrial Life. Only A Handful Of Reactionaries Harbor The Ugly Thought Of Breaking Unions And Depriving Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice. I Have No Use For Those - Regardless Of Their Political Party - Who Hold Some Vain And Foolish Dream Of Spinning The Clock Back To Days When Organized Labor Was Huddled, Almost As A Hapless Mass. Only A Fool Would Try To Deprive Working Men And Women Of The Right To Join The Union Of Their Choice.

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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.

Only Strength Can Cooperate. Weakness Can Only Beg.

I Believe That For The Past Twenty Years There Has Been A Creeping Socialism Spreading In The United States.

As For Myself And For The Secretary Of State And Others Involved, Including Those In The Legislature, We Stand Ready To Do Anything, To Meet With Anyone, Anywhere, As Long As We May Do So In Self-respect, Demanding The Respect Due This Nation, And There Is Any Slightest Idea Or Chance Of Furthering This Great Cause Of Peace.

To Blend, Without Coercion, The Individual Good And The Common Good Is The Essence Of Citizenship In A Free Country.

I Say When You Get Into A War, You Should Win As Quick As You Can, Because Your Losses Become A Function Of The Duration Of The War. I Believe When You Get In A War, Get Everything You Need And Win It.

Knowledge-full, Unfettered Knowledge Of Its Own Heritage, Of Freedom's Enemies, Of The Whole World Of Men And Ideas-this Knowledge Is A Free People's Surest Strength.

You Don't Lead By Hitting People Over The Head - That's Assault, Not Leadership.

I Also Ache At That Thought Your Majesty... But If They Do Not Offer The Sacrifice In Blood Now, We Will All Pay Dearly With Added Gallons Later. So If Some Most Die It Is In A Worthy Cause.

The Free World Knows, Out Of The Bitter Wisdom Of Experience, That Vigilance And Sacrifice Are The Price Of Liberty.

Our Pleasures Were Simple - They Included Survival.

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

Any Survey Of The Free World's Defense Structure Cannot Fail To Impart A Feeling Of Regret That So Much Of Our Effort And Resources Must Be Devoted To Armaments.

I Would Rather Try To Persuade A Man To Go Along, Because Once I Have Persuaded Him, He Will Stick. If I Scare Him, He Will Stay Just As Long As He Is Scared, And Then He Is Gone.

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.

What The Church Should Be Telling The Worker Is That The First Demand Religion Makes On Him Is That He Should Be A Good Workman. If He Is A Carpenter He Should Be A Competent Carpenter. Church By All Means On Sundays-but What Is The Use Of Church If At The Very Center Of Life A Man Defrauds His Neighbor And Insults God By Poor Craftsmanship.

I Believe It Is A Tradition In Baseball That When A Pitcher Has A No-hitter Going, No One Reminds Him Of It.

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