Dwight D. Eisenhower: First Inaugural Address - Milestone Documents

Dwight D. Eisenhower: First Inaugural Address

( 1953 ) Commentary by Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi
  • “Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.” - First Inaugural Address
  • “Realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement, we shall never try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for security. Americans, indeed, all free men, remember that in the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains.” - First Inaugural Address
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