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Historically, this quotation seems like an endorsement of motherhood, but it was an extremely important statement at the time. Eisenhower was convinced to run for the Presidency as a Republican in order to stop Senator Robert Taft and the conservative, isolationist, right wing of the Republican Party. These Republicans opposed American support of the United Nations. Eisenhower won the Republican nomination, then the general election, and clearly announced to the country and the world, that the moderate wing of the Republican Party was in control and the United Nations was an important part of our foreign policy.


John Boyd Orr
John Boyd Orr
  • Born: September 23, 1880
  • Died: June 25, 1971
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Politician

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, CH, DSO, MC, FRS, FRSE, styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, medical doctor, biologist, nutritional physiologist, politician, businessman and farmer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).