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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953, 1953
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Eisenhower's inaugural argument that freedom requires courage to protect and pass on—a responsibility that falls to each generation of leaders, including fathers.

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