Jack Graham"Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Knepherbird@jack Generals always choosing violence.
lolonurse@jack
We were not only not afraid...we were strongly urged to read any book in our library (home) or the public library. Every summer, we were given massive reading lists, & permission to borrow up to 12 books for the whole summer. But we were usually done by mid-August.
We were not only not afraid...we were strongly urged to read any book in our library (home) or the public library. Every summer, we were given massive reading lists, & permission to borrow up to 12 books for the whole summer. But we were usually done by mid-August.
Jeff Haluska@jack Fun fact, my late grandfather was one of Eisenhower's personal secretaries at the Pentagon during WW2. My grandfather was the person to hand him the D Day plans. I remember asking what kind of person he was and he spoke highly of him.
Overwhelmedhippie@jack That was before America banned books.
K Welch@jack I like Ike
TopKnotA little more context into your quote ...
"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing the evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book." ~~ Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953
Woolfhound@jack “Offer may not be valid in Florida.”
Kraken Mare@jack pretty sure he was also the president that started nasa
Doug Warren@jack
"Don't tell me how to feel, you literacy fascist," replied what feels like 80% of Americans.
"Don't tell me how to feel, you literacy fascist," replied what feels like 80% of Americans.
@DougWar40k sadly yeah
lnmnkatz@jack I would think that advocating reading and using libraries would get Eisenhower postuminously ejected from the GOP record.
Tommy@jack I've been to the Eisenhower museum at his home in Abilene, Kansas where he is buried. It was a great experience highly recommended.