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In a speech delivered on May 14, 1920, Harding proclaimed that America needed "not nostrums, but normalcy". [1] Two months later, during a homecoming speech, Harding reaffirmed his endorsement of "normal times and a return to normalcy." [2] World War I and the Spanish flu had upended life, and Harding said that it altered the perspective of ...
Pages in category "1920s quotations" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Better dead than red; G.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand.", opening lines of Abraham Lincoln's famous 1858 "A House Divided" speech, addressing the division between slave states and free states in the United States at the time. "Four score and seven years ago...", opening of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. [3]
50 inspirational quotes from U.S. presidents "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is ...
Patriotic quotes that celebrate America “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale “I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing ...
Inspirational Quotes About Success "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”—
Historian David M. Kennedy credits Only Yesterday with shaping "our understanding of American life in the 1920s" for more than half a century. Kennedy's 1986 analysis of the book points out gaps in Only Yesterday , noting that Allen fails to examine the lives and stories of immigrants, the Blacks remaining in the south, or the millions of ...
At 12:01 a.m., Jan. 17, 1920, America was cut off. Saloons closed their doors. Taps stopped flowing. People stockpiled their whiskey, beer and wine to weather the dry spell that would last 13 years.