“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. … Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” -Eisenhower

The quote was one that Ike had penned in a letter to his brother Edgar in November of 1954.

I would like to thank Caffeinated Politics (http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/president-eisenhower-on-labor-unions/) for finding this quote.