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" I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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" I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? "

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" If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. "

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