President Dwight Eisenhower December 22, 1952 In comments at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on December 22, 1952, Eisenhower described an encounter with Georgy Zhukov, a top Soviet official. It became a famous explication of the modern approach to combining piety with pluralism. I must say that in just a matter of immediate dialectic contest, let’s say, I didn’t know exactly what to say to him, because my only definition was what I believed to be the basic one, the basic…

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20, 1953 In his first Inaugural Address, President Eisenhower called for religious renewal. My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. And I ask that you bow your heads: Almighty God, as we stand here at this moment my future associates in the Executive branch of Government join me in beseeching that…

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower June 14, 1954 From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. To anyone who truly loves America, nothing could be more inspiring than to contemplate this rededication of our youth, on each school morning, to our country’s true meaning. Especially is this meaningful as we regard today’s world. Over the…

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