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7. "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." 8. "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." 9. "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it ...
"Show me the spot", Abraham Lincoln challenging the alleged incident of invasion by Mexico and loss of life, called the Thornton Affair, that precipitated the Mexican–American War. [ 2 ] " A house divided against itself cannot stand. ", opening lines of Abraham Lincoln's famous 1858 "A House Divided" speech , addressing the division between ...
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Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1911) Standard Oil was dismantled into geographical entities given its size, and that it was too much of a monopoly; United States v. American Tobacco Company, 221 U.S. 106 (1911) found to have monopolized the trade. United States v.
In 2025, Presidents Day falls on Monday, Feb. 17. It's a federal holiday, which means many people have the day off from work and a majority of schools are closed in observance of the day.
We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." [8] People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident.
John F. Kennedy died more than a half-century ago (Nov. 22, 1963), but his legacy lives on.To honor America's 35th President of the United States, we're looking back on some of his most powerful ...
"A fair day's pay for a fair day's work" vs "Abolition of the Wages System", One Big Union, May 1919. A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is an objective of the labor movement, trade unions and other workers' groups, to increase pay, and adopt reasonable hours of work. It is a motto of the American Federation of Labor.