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Dwight David Eisenhower
(14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969)
American president who was a five-star general in the U.S. Army (Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II) and became the 34th U.S. President, in office 1953-1961.
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Science Quotes by Dwight David Eisenhower (2)
Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible—from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius [of] our scientists…
— Dwight David Eisenhower
Inaugural Address, the first such address to be televised (20 Jan 1953). In William J. Federer, A Treasury of Presidential Quotations (2004), 300.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.
— Dwight David Eisenhower
Farewell Address as U.S. President (1961). In Diane Ravitch, The American Reader (2000), 538.
