January 10, 2017 12:43 pm

Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1953 Inauguration Speech

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a general and the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Western Europe during World War II, talked of peace in his first address in 1953, telling the country America would be guided by certain fixed principles, including, “Abhorring war as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us.”

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