American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001Gleaves Whitney Lexington Books, 2003 - 477 頁 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 A hybrid of literary masterpiece and historical document, each speech reveals its orator's ideals for the government of our nation.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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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 24 筆
第 vi 頁
... Truman ( 1945-1953 ) 392 Farewell Address Eighth State of the Union Address Chapter 28 Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 1953-1961 ) Farewell Address 412 Ninth State of the Union Address Chapter 29 Lyndon B. Johnson ( 1963-1969 ) Renunciation ...
... Truman ( 1945-1953 ) 392 Farewell Address Eighth State of the Union Address Chapter 28 Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 1953-1961 ) Farewell Address 412 Ninth State of the Union Address Chapter 29 Lyndon B. Johnson ( 1963-1969 ) Renunciation ...
第 ix 頁
... at Woodrow Wilson House , Washington , D.C .; and Pauline Testerman , audiovisual archivist , Harry S. Truman Library and Museum , Independence , Missouri . x Acknowledgments For additional research , many thanks to my ix Acknowledgments.
... at Woodrow Wilson House , Washington , D.C .; and Pauline Testerman , audiovisual archivist , Harry S. Truman Library and Museum , Independence , Missouri . x Acknowledgments For additional research , many thanks to my ix Acknowledgments.
第 3 頁
... Truman , Dwight Eisenhower , Richard Nixon , Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , and Bill Clinton . Even a passing glance at this list of chief executives reveals a striking pattern . In the first 160 years of the republic , presidents ...
... Truman , Dwight Eisenhower , Richard Nixon , Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan , and Bill Clinton . Even a passing glance at this list of chief executives reveals a striking pattern . In the first 160 years of the republic , presidents ...
第 4 頁
... Truman realized that the new age called for a new farewell address . Our thirty - third president seized the opportunity upon his exit from office in 1953 . Second , the outbreak of the Cold War coincided with the dramatic growth of the ...
... Truman realized that the new age called for a new farewell address . Our thirty - third president seized the opportunity upon his exit from office in 1953 . Second , the outbreak of the Cold War coincided with the dramatic growth of the ...
第 9 頁
... Truman ) followed the latter course exclusively and said farewell to the American people through the Congress . That was the custom for more than a century and a half , and that custom bore on the rhetoric . In recent years , much has ...
... Truman ) followed the latter course exclusively and said farewell to the American people through the Congress . That was the custom for more than a century and a half , and that custom bore on the rhetoric . In recent years , much has ...
內容
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 |
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熱門章節
第 11 頁 - 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.
第 11 頁 - 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.
第 7 頁 - 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.