 | Stephen E. Ambrose - 1991 - 644 sivua
...In his memoirs, Ike paid a handsome tribute to his gang. "These were men of discretion," he wrote, "men, who, already successful, made no attempt to...them, perhaps more intensely at times than anything else."24 In the middle of February, Robinson, Roberts, and Slater came down from New York to spend... | |
 | David Owen - 1999 - 296 sivua
...played an important role. In Mandate for Change, the first volume of his White House memoirs, he wrote, "These were men of discretion, men, who, already successful,...perhaps more intensely at times than anything else." Eisenhower valued his Augusta friends not only because he liked them personally but also because they... | |
 | John Whitcomb, Claire Whitcomb - 2000 - 540 sivua
...he has met since 1945." Eisenhower, who needed the companionship, felt differently, and later said, "It is almost impossible for me to describe how valuable their friendship was to me." Ellis Slater, president of Frankfort Distilleries, was part of this group and recounted receiving a... | |
 | David Owen - 2003 - 292 sivua
...played an important role. In Mandate for Change, the first volume of his White House memoirs, he wrote, "These were men of discretion, men, who, already successful,...perhaps more intensely at times than anything else." Eisenhower valued his Augusta friends not only because he liked them personally but also because they... | |
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These were men of discretion," he wrote, "men, who, already successful, made no attempt to profit by our association. It is almost impossible for me to describe how valuable their friendship was to me. Any person enjoys his or her friends; a President... 