Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 801 |
| AUTHOR: | Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969) |
| QUOTATION: | So that here we have, really, the compound, the overall philosophy of Lincoln: in all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people’s money or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative—and don’t be afraid to use the word. And so today, Republicans come forward with programs in which there are such words as “balanced budgets,” and “cutting expenditures,” and all the kind of thing that means this economy must be conservative, it must be solvent. But they also come forward and say we are concerned with every American’s health, with a decent house for him, we are concerned that he will have a chance for health, and his children for education. We are going to see that he has power available to him. We are going to see that everything takes place that will enrich his life and let him as an individual, hard-working American citizen, have full opportunity to do for his children and his family what any decent American should want to do. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President |
| SUBJECTS: | Government spending |