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of persuasion before you could get them on the books. alaska, hawaii, connected the atlantic ocean to the great lakes. and also the interstate highway program. the interstate highway program, we think of it as kind of a gimme. but it really did take a lot of persuasion at the time. eisenhower essentially conjured up the idea of the interstate highway system and then he knew he had to sell the idea to the american public because it was a huge undertaking. but listen to this. this was president eisenhower speaking in cadillac square in michigan in 1954. listen to him making the case. this is the greatest construction program in the entire history of the nation. we are pushing ahead with the great road program. a road program that will take this nation out of its antiquated shackles of secondary roads all over this country and give us places give us the types of highways that we need for this great mass of motor vehicles. we look back on that national

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