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Choosing a favorite President is quite an arduous task Given that most politicians usually wear a spurious mask, but as a student of History, there was one that I admired; " the scrappy kid from Kansas."* So many he has inspired. In his biography there's a plethora of interesting information. 'Ike" was a 5 star general, besides leading this great nation. A war hero, selected to be America's Commander and Chief. A man of great integrity, who did not cause his country grief. In his honor, a Washington Memorial was dedicated. His bravery in war, and acts as President are celebrated. After the war, he commanded European NATO forces and overthrew communism from it's evil courses. Voted U. S. President in 1952, with the slogan, "I Like Ike," Richard Nixon was his running mate; they were nothing alike. In two terms served, he created a grand legacy for his name. A President for the people, to him the office was not a game. There are many valuable quotes that Eisenhower left behind and I'll end with a few that I feel worthy for us to keep in mind; none more appropriate than this one, I was happy to find... "Some day there is going to be a man sitting in my present chair who has not been raised in the military services and who will have little understanding of where slashes in their estimates can be made with little or no damage. If that should happen while we still have the state of tension that now exists in the world, I shudder to think of what could happen in this country." "The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters." "Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well." "If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power." February 11, 2021 Your Favorite President Contest Sponsored by: L Milton Hankins *Inscribed on the Eisenhower Memorial
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