President Eisenhower was asked if there should be a military parade to show off its might.....

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8. FAKE EISENHOWER QUOTE, but a real quote from Michael Beschloss PARAPHRASING what

Eisenhower's attitude toward Soviet-style parades was.

PLEASE check quotes in memes before posting them.

All it took to check this one was googling

eisenhower military parades

and this Politifact article showed up as the first result.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/03/viral-image/did-eisenhower-say-military-parade-would-make-us-l/

The meme has been circulating since at least early 2018, when news of Trump’s idea for a military-themed parade in the nation’s capital was circulating, Snopes.com reported at the time.

The fact-checking site noted that it was actually a quote from historian Michael Beschloss, author of the book "Presidents of War", in an interview with NPR’s "All Things Considered" on Feb. 7, 2018.

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Beschloss points to the 1950s, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev presided over large military parades showing off the latest in Soviet military might. Beschloss says some in the White House approached Eisenhower, himself a decorated military general, suggesting the U.S. do the same, to show off American might.

"Eisenhower said absolutely not, we are the pre-eminent power on Earth," Beschloss says, recalling Eisenhower's response. "For us to try to imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."

The Eisenhower Presidential Library's communications director also searched for the quote but couldn't find it.

The Snopes page on this was the third result from that search.