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“The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene.”

Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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“Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956

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“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.”

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“Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957

“Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.”

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“No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.”

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“So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.”

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“Why are we proud? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright, no matter who he is, or who she is. He can walk upright and meet his friend - or his enemy; and he does not fear that because that enemy may be in a position of great power that he can be suddenly thrown in jail to rot there without charges and with no recourse to justice. We have the habeas corpus act, and we respect it.”

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“We ... must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.”

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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.”

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Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower