"There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly."

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Presidents of the United StatesMilitary leaders from the United StatesPoliticians from TexasLegion of Honour recipientsUnited States presidential candidates, 1956
Original Language: English

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State of the Union Address (February 2, 1952). Source: Eisenhower Presidential Library. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.