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Public Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958
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Statement by the President Concerning the Supreme Court Order in the Little Rock School Case.
September 12, 1958
THE SUPREME COURT of the United States has rendered a unanimous decision and has spoken in the matter of desegregation of Central High School at Little Rock, Arkansas.
I appeal to the sense of civic responsibility that animates the vast majority of our citizenry to avoid defiance of the Court’s orders in this matter.
All of us know that if an individual, a community or a state is going continuously and successfully to defy the rulings of the Courts, then anarchy results.
In addition, states and localities have a Constitutional duty to maintain peace and order. If state and local officials, in awareness of the gravity of this duty, will maintain peace and order, then lawless elements will not be able by force and violence to deprive school children of their Constitutional rights.
I hope that all of us may live up to our traditional and proud boast that ours is a government of laws. Let us keep it that way.
NOTE: This statement was released at the U. S. Naval Base, Newport, R. I.
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Chicago: Dwight D. Eisenhower, "262 Statement by the President Concerning the Supreme Court Order in the Little Rock School Case.," Public Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.870 Original Sources, accessed March 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YGCUD9UHMXGEZK.
MLA: Eisenhower, Dwight D. "262 Statement by the President Concerning the Supreme Court Order in the Little Rock School Case." Public Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.870, Original Sources. 15 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YGCUD9UHMXGEZK.
Harvard: Eisenhower, DD, '262 Statement by the President Concerning the Supreme Court Order in the Little Rock School Case.' in Public Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.870. Original Sources, retrieved 15 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YGCUD9UHMXGEZK.
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