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  2. 1936 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    House Speaker Jo Byrns remarked that the speech "very clearly sets forth the major issues of the coming campaign." [1] In the closing paragraph of his address, Roosevelt quoted an individual whom he referred to as a "wise philosopher." That individual was Josiah Royce in his 1914 work "A Word for the Times," which Roosevelt quoted by saying

  3. Eleanor Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Roosevelt School, also known as the Eleanor Roosevelt Vocational School for Colored Youth, Warm Springs Negro School, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Rosenwald School, which operated as a school from March 18, 1937, until 1972, was a historical Black community school located at 350 Parham Street at Leverette Hill Road in Warm Springs, Georgia.

  4. List of speeches - Wikipedia

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    1941: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy, post-Pearl Harbor speech to the U.S. Congress in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for a declaration of war against Japan. 1941: Declaration of war against United States by the German Führer, German Chancellor, and Führer of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler , in which he announced Germany has declared ...

  5. List of United States political catchphrases - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman, upon Truman learning President Franklin D. Roosevelt had died. Truman had asked Mrs. Roosevelt on hearing the news, "Is there anything I can do for you?" "The buck stops here", paperweight on the desk of Harry Truman. "I like Ike", campaign slogan for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. [8]

  6. 1939 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    Roosevelt ended his speech by quoting the closing lines from Abraham Lincoln's 1862 State of the Union Address when he said the following: Once I prophesied that this generation of Americans had a rendezvous with destiny. That prophecy comes true. To us much is given; more is expected.

  7. Opinion: Eleanor Roosevelt’s prescient grasp of AI - AOL

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    In 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt questioned what it means to interact with automation, and what it is that makes us human, writes Linda Thomas-Greenfield. In 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt questioned what it ...

  8. Day of Infamy speech - Wikipedia

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    Roosevelt delivering the speech to the Congress. The first paragraph of the speech was worded to reinforce Roosevelt's portrayal of the United States as a victim of unprovoked Japanese aggression. The initial draft read, "a date which will live in world history". Roosevelt rephrased it as "a date which will live in infamy."

  9. 55 Inspiring Labor Day Quotes From MLK Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt ...

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    55 Inspiring Labor Day Quotes From MLK Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt and More. Selena Barrientos, Annie O’Sullivan. August 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM. 55 Most Patriotic Labor Day Quotes Getty Images.