will-to-do

Updated: May 2, 2025

In these young men I felt America's buoyant confidence and irresistible will-to-do. In them I saw, too, a devout America, humble before God. And so, I know with all my heart and I deeply believe that all Americans know that, despite the anxieties of this divided world, our faith, and the cause in which we all believe, will surely prevail.

Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower - State of the Union Address

In these young men I felt America's buoyant confidence and irresistible will-to-do. In them I saw, too, a devout America, humble before God. And so, I know with all my heart and I deeply believe that all Americans know that, despite the anxieties of this divided world, our faith, and the cause in which we all believe, will surely prevail.

United States. Presidents. - State of the Union Address (1790-2001)