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We Believe That Our Truly Urgent Need Is To Make Our Nation Secure, Our Economy Strong And Our Dollar Sound. For Every American This Matter Of The Sound Dollar Is Crucial. Without A Sound Dollar, Every American Family Would Face A Renewal Of Inflation, An Ever-increasing Cost Of Living, The Withering Away Of Savings And Life Insurance Policies.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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We Believe That Our Truly Urgent Need Is To Make Our Nation Secure, Our Economy Strong And Our Dollar Sound. For Every American This Matter Of The Sound Dollar Is Crucial. Without A Sound Dollar, Every American Family Would Face A Renewal Of Inflation, An Ever-increasing Cost Of Living, The Withering Away Of Savings And Life Insurance Policies.

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The United States Pledges Before You-and Therefore Before The World-its Determination To Help Solve The Fearful Atomic Dilemma-to Devote Its Entire Heart And Mind To Find The Way By Which The Miraculous Inventiveness Of Man Shall Not Be Dedicated To His Death, But Consecrated To His Life.

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If The United Nations Once Admits That International Disputes Can Be Settled By Using Force, Then We Will Have Destroyed The Foundation Of The Organization And Our Best Hope Of Establishing A World Order.

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Not Making The Baseball Team At West Point Was One Of The Greatest Disappointments Of My Life, Maybe My Greatest.

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We Merely Want To Live In Peace With All The World.

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Every Battle Is Going To Surprise You. No Plan Ever Survives Contact With The Enemy.

The Founding Father Expressed In Words For All To Read The Ideal Of Government Based Upon The Dignity Of The Individual. That Ideal Previously Had Existed Only In The Hearts And Minds Of Men. They Produced The Timeless Documents Upon Which The Nation Is Rounded And Has Grown Great. They, Recognizing God As The Author Of Individual Fights, Declared That The Purpose Of Government Is To Secure Those Rights.

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I Never Saw A Pessimistic General Win A Battle.

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The Future Of This Republic Is In The Hands Of The American Voter.

American Voters

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Legislation To Apply The Principle Of Equal Pay For Equal Work Without Discrimination Because Of Sex Is A Matter Of Simple Justice

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The Hope Of The World Is That Wisdom Can Arrest Conflict Between Brothers. I Believe That War Is The Deadly Harvest Of Arrogant And Unreasoning Minds. And I Find Grounds For This Belief In The Wisdom Literature Of Proverbs. It Says In Effect This: Panic Strikes Like A Storm And Calamity Comes Like A Whirlwind To Those Who Hate Knowledge And Ignore Their God.

If A Problem Cannot Be Solved, Enlarge It.

Statesmanship Is Developed In The Hard Knocks Of General Experience, Private And Public.

My Constant Prayer, These Days, As I Start My Backswing Is, 'oh, Please Let Me Swing Slowly.' The Trouble Is That Sometimes I Wonder Whether I Swing At All; Whether I Am Not Strictly A Chopper.

Change Based On Principle Is Progress. Constant Change Without Principle Becomes Chaos.

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

The Supreme Quality For Leadership Is Unquestionably Integrity. Without It, No Real Success Is Possible, No Matter Whether It Is On A Section Gang, A Football Field, In An Army, Or In An Office.

Some People Wanted Champagne And Caviar When They Should Have Had Beer And Hot Dogs.

It Is Not Enough To Take This Weapon Out Of The Hands Of Soldiers. It Must Be Put Into The Hands Of Those Who Will Know How To Strip Its Military Casing And Adapt It To The Arts Of Peace.

Your Country, My Country - Each Is A Better And Stronger And More Influential Nation Because Each Can Rely Upon Every Resource Of The Other In Days Of Crisis. Beyond This, Each Can Work And Grow And Prosper With The Other Through Years Of Quiet Peace.

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

Don't Join The Book Burners. Do Not Think You Are Going To Conceal Thoughts By Concealing Evidence That They Ever Existed.

The Building Of Such A Peace Is A Bold And Solemn Purpose. To Proclaim It Is Easy. To Serve It Will Be Hard. And To Attain It, We Must Be Aware Of Its Full Meaning - And Ready To Pay Its Full Price.

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

There Is No Such Thing As Human Superiority.

The World Must Learn To Work Together, Or Finally It Will Not Work At All.

Working Together

Un-american Activity Cannot Be Prevented Or Routed Out By Employing Un-american Methods; To Preserve Freedom We Must Use The Tools That Freedom Provides.

Peace Is More The Product Of Our Day-to-day Living Than Of A Spectacular Program, Intermittently Executed.

Day To Day Living

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.

Together We Must Learn How To Compose Differences, Not With Arms, But With Intellect And Decent Purpose.

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

According To Plan

The Libraries Of America Are And Must Ever Remain The Home Of Free And Inquiring Minds. To Them, Our Citizens-of All Ages And Races, Of All Creeds And Persuasions-must Be Able To Turn With Clear Confidence That There They Can Freely Seek The Whole Truth, Unvarnished By Fashion And Uncompromised By Expediency.

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.

The Next Time You See One Of Those Squirrels Go Near My Putting Green, Take A Gun And Shoot It

I Shall Make That Trip. I Shall Go To Korea.

From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our School Children Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty.

We Do Not Keep Security Establishments Merely To Defend Property Or Territory Or Rights Abroad Or At Sea. We Keep The Security Forces To Defend A Way Of Life.

If Our Founding Fathers Were Alive Today, They'd Roll Over In Their Graves.

Never Question Another Man's Motive. His Wisdom, Yes, But Not His Motives.

But All History Has Taught Us The Grim Lesson That No Nation Has Ever Been Successful In Avoiding The Terrors Of War By Refusing To Defend Its Rights - By Attempting To Placate Aggression.

America's Leadership And Prestige Depend, Not Merely Upon Our Unmatched Material Progress, Riches And Military Strength, But On How We Use Our Power In The Interests Of World Peace And Human Betterment.

The Qualities Of A Great Man Are Vision, Integrity, Courage, Understanding, The Power Of Articulation, And Profundity Of Character.

Now, The Education Of Our Children Is Of National Concern, And If They Are Not Educated Properly, It Is A National Calamity.

We Are Particularly Thankful To You For Your Part In The Movement To Have The Words Under God Added To Our Pledge Of Allegiance. These Words Will Remind Americans That Despite Our Great Physical Strength We Must Remain Humble. They Will Help Us Keep Constantly In Our Minds And Hearts The Spiritual And Moral Principles Which Alone Give Dignity To Man.

Take Your Job Seriously, But Not Yourself

America Is Best Described By One Word, Freedom.

Don't Join The Book Burners... Don't Be Afraid To Go In Your Library And Read Every Book.

I Believe That Without Free Enterprise There Can Be No Democracy.

This Is What I Found Out About Religion: It Gives You Courage To Make The Decisions You Must Make In A Crisis, And Then The Confidence To Leave The Result To A Higher Power. Only By Trust In God Can A Man Carrying Responsibility Find Repose.

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

The Proudest Thing I Can Claim Is That I Am From Abilene.

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

The Same Day I Saw My First Horror Camp, I Visited Every Nook And Cranny. I Felt It My Duty To Be In A Position From Then On To Testify About These Things In Case There Ever Grew Up At Home The Belief Or Assumption That The Stories Of Nazi Brutality Were Just Propaganda.

As Nuclear And Other Technological Achievements Continue To Mount, The Normal Life Span Will Continue To Climb. The Hourly Productivity Of The Worker Will Increase.

Ideas More Than Once Have Prevailed Against Naked Power. Guns And Aircraft Alone Do Not Make A State Powerful. Unless Force Is Backed Up By The Will Of The Great Body Of People It Loses Its Meaning.

The True Purpose Of Education Is To Prepare Young Men And Women For Effective Citizenship In A Free Form Of Government.

Recognition Of The Supreme Being Was The First - The Most Basic - Expression Of Americanism.

If A Political Party Does Not Have Its Foundation In The Determination To Advance A Cause That Is Right And That Is Moral, Then It Is Not A Political Party; It Is Merely A Conspiracy To Seize Power.

I Have Just Realized That It Is Due To You, And To Mr. James Thomas And His Staff Of The Army Navy Country Club That The Putting Green Here On The White House Lawn Is Already In Such Excellent Condition. I Assure You That I Get A Great Deal Of Pleasure And Relaxation Out Of Using The Green In An Occasional Late Afternoon Hour . . .

. . .a Sense Of Humor Can Be A Great Help-particularly A Sense Of Humor About (oneself). William Howard Taft Joked About His Own Corpulence And People Loved It; Took Nothing From His Inherent Dignity. Lincoln Eased Tense Moments With Bawdy Stories, And Often Poked Fun At Himself-and History Honors Him For This Human Quality. A Sense Of Humor Is Part Of The Art Of Leadership, Of Getting Along With People, Of Getting Things Done.

When Shallow Critics Denounce The Profit Motive Inherent In Our System Of Private Enterprise, They Ignore The Fact That It Is An Economic Support Of Every Human Right We Possess And Without It, All Rights Would Disappear.

The History Of Free Men Is Never Really Written By Chance But By Choice; Their Choice!

The People Of Israel, Like Those Of The United States, Are Imbued With A Religious Faith And A Sense Of Moral Values

We Have Heard Much Of The Phrase, Peace And Friendship. This Phrase, In Expressing The Aspiration Of America, Is Not Complete. We Should Say Instead, Peace And Friendship, In Freedom. This, I Think, Is America's Real Message To The Rest Of The World.

Some Politician Some Years Ago Said That Bad Officials Are Elected By Good Voters Who Do Not Vote.

The Teaching Of Their Ancient Belief Is Filled With Truth For The Present Day. Its Profound Sense Of Justice, Nation To Nation, Man To Man, Is An Essential Part Of Every Religious And Social Order. The Health Of Our Society Depends Upon A Deep And Abiding Respect For The Basic Commandments Of The God Of Israel.

Leadership Is The Ability To Get A Person To Do What You Want Him To Do, When You Want It Done, In A Way You Want It Done, Because He Wants To Do It.

We Succeed Only As We Identify In Life, Or In War, Or In Anything Else, A Single Overriding Objective, And Make All Other Considerations Bend To That One Objective.

'peace And Friendship, In Freedom.'

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