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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? "
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
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Only
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" Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well. "
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