Another Teaser

The (perhaps surprising) answer was - Dwight Eisenhower - in his final Presidential address of 1960!!

 And let's see what you make of this quotation....Who said it - and when???

“In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns.” 

Our people have turned to the …. government and found it isolated from the mainstream of our nation’s life……. The gap between our citizens and our government has never been so wide.” 

“What you see too often …… is a system of government that seems incapable of action. You see a (n elected Chamber) twisted and pulled in every direction by hundreds of well-financed and powerful special interests.” 

We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is a path I’ve warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure. All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path -- the path of common purpose and the restoration of (our) values. That path leads to true freedom for our nation and ourselves.