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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1671 |
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AUTHOR:
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) |
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QUOTATION:
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If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, president of Columbia University, speech to luncheon clubs, Galveston, Texas, December 8, 1949.—The New York Times, December 9, 1949, p. 23. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Security |
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