By their words, we know them

Monday, March 17, 2003

KENNETT, Mo. -- President Dwight Eisenhower, 1953: "All of us have heard this term 'preventive war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time, I don't believe there is such a thing; and frankly, I would never listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing."

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