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" I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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" Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. "

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" The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. "

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" This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign. "

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