Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes


This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.


Citations

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People." 17 Jan. 1961. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960-61, Office of the Federal Register, 1961, p. 1039.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Born: October 14, 1890
  • Died: March 28, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower GCB OM GCS CCLH KC NPk was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he became a five-star general in the Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front.