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With 450,000 U. S. Troops Now In Vietnam, It Is Time That Congress Decided Whether Or Not To Declare A State Of War Exists With North Vietnam. Previous Congressional Resolutions Of Support Provide Only Limited Authority. Although Congress May Decide That The Previously Approved Resolution On Vietnam Given President Johnson Is Sufficient, The Issue Of A Declaration Of War Should At Least Be Put Before The Congress For Decision.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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With 450,000 U. S. Troops Now In Vietnam, It Is Time That Congress Decided Whether Or Not To Declare A State Of War Exists With North Vietnam. Previous Congressional Resolutions Of Support Provide Only Limited Authority. Although Congress May Decide That The Previously Approved Resolution On Vietnam Given President Johnson Is Sufficient, The Issue Of A Declaration Of War Should At Least Be Put Before The Congress For Decision.

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As Our Heart Summons Our Strength, Our Wisdom Must Direct It.

In This Way We Are Reaffirming The Transcendence Of Religious Faith In America's Heritage And Future. From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our Schoolchildren Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Every Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty. In This Way We Shall Constantly Strengthen Those Spiritual Weapons Which Forever Will Be Our Country's Most Powerful Resource In Peace And War.

I Firmly Believe That The Future Of Civilization Is Absolutely Dependent Upon Finding Some Way Of Resolving International Differences Without Resorting To War.

Each And All Of Us Must Summon To Mind The Words Of Him Whom We Honor This Easter Time: 'when A Strong Man, Armed, Keepeth His Palace, His Goods Are In Peace'.

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.

Though Force Can Protect In Emergency, Only Justice, Fairness, Consideration And Cooperation Can Finally Lead Men To The Dawn Of Eternal Peace.

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.

We View Our Nation's Strength And Security As A Trust, Upon Which Rests The Hope Of Free Men Everywhere.

Like All Successful Politicians I Married Above Myself.

I Can Think Of Nothing More Boring For The American People Than To Have To Sit In Their Living Rooms For A Whole Half Hour Looking At My Face On Their Television Screens.

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

In This Way We Shall Constantly Strengthen Those Spiritual Weapons Which Forever Will Be Our Country's Most Powerful Resource In Peace And War.

Accomplishment Will Prove To Be A Journey, Not A Destination.

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.

I Get Weary Of The European Habit Of Taking Our Money, Resenting Any Slight Hint As To What They Should Do, And Then Assuming, In Addition, Full Right To Criticize Us As Bitterly As They May Desire.

Under The Clouds Of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross Of Iron.

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

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

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