American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001Gleaves Whitney Lexington Books, 2003 - 477 Seiten This unique collection presents the parting words of the presidents of the United States, from Washington to Clinton. A hybrid of literary masterpiece and historical document, each speech reveals its orator's ideals for the government of our nation. Washington warns against entangling alliances; Eisenhower voices his fears of the military-industrial complex; Reagan leaves office with an emotional call for the remembrance of American history in service of informed patriotism. Each leader imparts his final message in the form of a political or moral lesson--or, in some cases, prophecy. Read consecutively from president to president, the messages form a wonderfully American conversation. This conversation invokes ordered liberty, self-government under the rule of law, and the nation's special destiny in human history, and it transcends partisan politics.The volume is prefaced by a detailed introduction discussing the importance of the valedictory address and the power of presidential rhetoric, and each speech is preceded by a brief contextualizing statement. In the last official words of each president, readers will find cautions, hopes, and suggestions relevant for today's world and future generations. American Presidents is an invaluable reference, especially for scholars of the presidency, but also for anyone interested in the history, politics, and culture of the United States. |
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Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001 Gleaves Whitney. American Presidents Farewell Messages to the Nation 1796-2001 Edited by Gleaves Whitney LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham Boulder New York Oxford LEXINGTON BOOKS Published in the United ...
Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001 Gleaves Whitney. American Presidents Farewell Messages to the Nation 1796-2001 Edited by Gleaves Whitney LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham Boulder New York Oxford LEXINGTON BOOKS Published in the United ...
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... America TM 2002004106 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials , ANSI / NISO Z39.48-1992 . Contents ...
... America TM 2002004106 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials , ANSI / NISO Z39.48-1992 . Contents ...
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... America great . The presidents speak of our nation's special destiny in the world , of the strong char- acter of our people who can rise to any challenge . It is my hope that you , too , are inspired by their words . Note 1. See the ...
... America great . The presidents speak of our nation's special destiny in the world , of the strong char- acter of our people who can rise to any challenge . It is my hope that you , too , are inspired by their words . Note 1. See the ...
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... American presidents are important markers in the nation's history . If one were seeking to survey America's past , one could hardly do better than to do so through the eyes of some three - dozen shapers of that past . Presidential ...
... American presidents are important markers in the nation's history . If one were seeking to survey America's past , one could hardly do better than to do so through the eyes of some three - dozen shapers of that past . Presidential ...
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... Americans are a hopeful people , and the inaugural and farewell are alike statements of hope — but with this critical ... American history , forty - two men have served as president of the United States . 10 Col- lecting their farewell ...
... Americans are a hopeful people , and the inaugural and farewell are alike statements of hope — but with this critical ... American history , forty - two men have served as president of the United States . 10 Col- lecting their farewell ...
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George Washington 17891797 | 13 |
John Adams 17971801 | 31 |
Thomas Jefferson 18011809 | 35 |
James Madison 18091817 | 40 |
James Monroe 18171825 | 46 |
John Quincy Adams 18251829 | 58 |
Andrew Jackson 18291837 | 69 |
Martin Van Buren 18371841 | 95 |
Benjamin Harrison 18891893 | 260 |
Grover Cleveland 18931897 | 279 |
Theodore Roosevelt 19011909 | 301 |
William Howard Taft 19091913 | 329 |
Woodrow Wilson 19131921 | 365 |
Calvin Coolidge 19231929 | 370 |
Herbert Hoover 19291933 | 384 |
Harry S Truman 19451953 | 392 |
John Tyler 18411845 | 104 |
James K Polk 18451849 | 117 |
Millard Fillmore 18501853 | 145 |
Franklin Pierce 18531857 | 159 |
James Buchanan 18571861 | 174 |
Abraham Lincoln 18611865 | 188 |
Andrew Johnson 18651869 | 191 |
Ulysses S Grant 18691877 | 201 |
Rutherford B Hayes 18771881 | 211 |
Chester A Arthur 18811885 | 229 |
Grover Cleveland 18851889 | 242 |
Dwight D Eisenhower 19531961 | 412 |
Lyndon B Johnson 19631969 | 419 |
Richard M Nixon 19691974 | 433 |
Gerald R Ford 19741977 | 440 |
Jimmy Carter 19771981 | 448 |
Ronald Reagan 19811989 | 455 |
George H W Bush 19891993 | 461 |
William Jefferson Clinton 19932001 | 467 |
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Seite 11 - Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Seite 11 - Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Seite 7 - Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend.