| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 18610 |
| QUOTATION: | History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Dwight D. Eisenhower (18901969), U.S. general, Republican politician, president. inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1953. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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