[The Urban Sombrero]

Did Eisenhower get it right, or was he wrong?

The "decisive battleground" of freedom had best not reside in the collective human heart and mind of the masses. Freedom of conscience had best be protected by law. Surely our own nation's history demonstrates that.

If the human heart is deceitful above all things, and human fancy as fickle as a teen lover's, the decisive battle of freedom will be the rule of law, with that "law" recognizing that human dignity and freedom does not originate from the State, but rather from "the Creator."

Thus, in my view, Eisenhower's speech is both accurate and mistaken at points. I do not find it extreme. However, I have seen it spun in ways that were extreme.