Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
To think that an old soldier should come to this.
Eisenhower had just finished making the first TV political commercials that had ever been used in a presidential election.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890-1969, 34th President of the United States (Republican, KS), Remark to Rosser Reaves, 1952
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Campaign managers are always trying to get their candidates to do something new or change something. See {600677} for an Example with President Eisenhower. He was a little more flexible than Taft was. His campaign manager wanted him to tell some self deprecating jokes in his presentations, but he could not bring himself to do it, especially following Theodore Roosevelt who was a master at it.
- 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.
