Dwight D. Eisenhower, Address at the Philadelphia Convention Hall (1 November 1956)
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We are a people born of many peoples. Our culture, our skills, our very aspirations have been shaped by immigrants—and their sons and daughters—from all the earth. Sam Gompers from England, Andrew Carnegie from Scotland, Albert Einstein from Germany—and Booker T. Washington and Al Smith—Marconi and Caruso—men of all nations and races and estates—they have made us what we are.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We are a people born of many peoples. Our culture, our skills, our very aspirations have been shaped by immigrants—and their sons and daughters—from all the earth. Sam Gompers from England, Andrew Carnegie from Scotland, Albert Einstein from Germany—and Booker T. Washington and Al Smith—Marconi and Caruso—men of all nations and races and estates—they have made us what we are." in the context of "Dwight D. Eisenhower, Address at the Philadelphia Convention Hall (1 November 1956)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Booker T. Washington

About Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).