Dwight D Eisenhower/presidency 1953-1961

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    “You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.”
    —Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

    “Like all successful politicians I married above myself.”
    —Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

    “I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)