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Commentary: Eisenhower’s misgivings about military power still carry weight

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion April 07, 2023

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As an orator, Dwight D. Eisenhower was not in the same league with Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt. His roster of memorable speeches numbers a grand total of two, a paltry total for someone who served eight years as U.S. president. Yet some five decades after his death, those two speeches retain at least as much salience as anything Lincoln or FDR ever said. In both his first speech following his inauguration and his farewell address,... + full article



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