"Which twentieth century US President once said, ""They say hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance""?"
"consequences the attacks have had on their lives. Interest in the series has been heaviest amongst LGBT media, with generally positive reviews from outlets such as ""Curve"" and ""GO"" magazines. The mainstream audience ""New York Observer's"" Gillian Reagan described ""Anyone But Me"" as a show that ""succeeds in showing us the potential of the [web-original] medium."" In 2014 Anyone But Me was listed on ""New Media Rockstars"" Top 100 YouTube Channels, ranked at #33. Anyone But Me Anyone But Me is an American web series created by Tina Cesa Ward. The series first aired on Strike.TV in 2008, and has"
"at the Democratic National Convention. During his presidential campaign in 2000, Al Gore told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that this was his favorite quotation. Writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens quoted from the song's lyrics in his last article for ""Vanity Fair"", written shortly before his death from esophageal cancer. Hitchens posted at the top of his essay the verse of ""It's Alright Ma"" that ends with the words ""That he who is not busy being born is busy dying"". Another memorable line is ""Money doesn't talk, it swears,"" which appears in ""The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations"". In addition, the"
"make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."" In 1988, he applied a harsher apophasis toward George H.W. Bush's opponent Michael Dukakis, who was rumored to have received psychological treatment, ""Look, I'm not going to pick on an invalid."" United States President Donald Trump frequently employs apophasis. In 2015, Trump said of fellow Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, ""I promised I would not say that she ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground, that she laid off tens of thousands of people and she got"
"The Strenuous Life ""The Strenuous Life"" is the name of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, Illinois, on April 10, 1899. Based upon his personal experiences, he argued that strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of the nation and the world in the 20th century. Roosevelt states the main point of his speech in the opening remarks: An individual who puts great effort into his work and is not lazy, he claims, will be a success. It is the duty of someone who does not engage in manual labor"
"James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later. Garfield had served nine terms in the House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his candidacy for the White House, though he declined the Senate seat once elected president. He was the first sitting member of Congress to be elected to the presidency, and remains the only sitting House member to gain the White House. Garfield was raised by"
"The Dream Shall Never Die ""The Dream Shall Never Die"" was a speech delivered by United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention on August 12, 1980. In the address, Kennedy defended post-World War II liberalism, advocated for a national healthcare insurance model, criticized retired Hollywood actor and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan, and implicitly rebuked incumbent President Jimmy Carter (to whom he had conceded the Democratic nomination only the night before) for his more moderate political stances. It has been remembered by some as Kennedy's best speech, and one of the most influential orations of the"
"and a corruption-free frugal administration at home. He and his running mate Richard Nixon, whose daughter later married Eisenhower's grandson David, defeated Democrats Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman in a landslide, marking the first Republican to occupy the White House in 20 years. Eisenhower was the only general to serve as President in the twentieth century, and the most recent President, until the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017, to have never held elected office prior to the Presidency. (The other Presidents not to have held prior elected office were Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Taft, and Herbert Hoover.)"
"(43) ever elected to the presidency, though Theodore Roosevelt was a year younger at 42 when he automatically assumed the office after William McKinley's assassination in 1901. John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president at noon on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address, he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famously saying: ""Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."" He asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the ""common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty,"
"Kennedy referenced his words during the endorsement he made for Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying, ""the work begins anew, the hope rises again and the dream lives on"". Following Kennedy's death in 2009, many media outlets circulated footage of the closing of the speech. The Dream Shall Never Die ""The Dream Shall Never Die"" was a speech delivered by United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention on August 12, 1980. In the address, Kennedy defended post-World War II liberalism, advocated for a national healthcare insurance model, criticized retired Hollywood actor and Republican"
"in his pursuit of greatness. In nominating Alfred E. Smith for the presidency at the 1924 Democratic National Convention, Franklin D. Roosevelt notably referred to Smith as ""the happy warrior,"" apparently at the behest of Joseph M. Proskauer, Smith's close friend, campaign advisor, and speech writer. Hubert Humphrey was also frequently referred to as ""the Happy Warrior."" Barack Obama, after winning a second term as President, referred to Vice-President Joe Biden as ""America's Happy Warrior"" in his acceptance speech. The words ""happy warrior"", an apparent reference to Wordsworth's poem, were famously found written in the personal notes which then Labour"
"21st President of the United States. A Republican, Arthur worked as a lawyer before becoming the 20th Vice President, under James Garfield. On July 2, 1881, President Garfield was mortally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau, but Garfield did not die until September 19 of that year, at which time Arthur was sworn in as president, serving until March 4, 1885. Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president ever to have served two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) as President and therefore is"
"to happen, I would go ahead and be President and do the best I could till the last day I could."" In his 1980 book ""The Zero Factor"", author William Oscar Johnson described a fictional president Augustus York who was elected in 1980's election after winning his party's nomination after a hung convention nominated him as a candidate not expected to succeed. The president is worried about the ""Zero Factor"" and subsequently survives two assassination attempts before resigning to defeat the factor's effect. Presidents after 1963 have not died in office, even when elected on twenty-year marks. The election of"
"in death, he struck the first shrewd blows against a dangerous system of boss rule which seemed for a time about to engulf the politics of the nation. Perhaps if he had lived he could have done no more."" Rutkow writes, ""James Abram Garfield's presidency is reduced to a tantalizing 'what if. Peskin believes Garfield deserves more credit for his political career than he has received: Books Periodicals Online James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination"
"man elected President of the United States never to be inaugurated. A veteran of the Great War, Coolidge rose to prominence during his tenure as the governor of Massachusetts during the 1920s. In 1928, he was the Democratic Party's nominee for president. However, as the United States had been experiencing an economic boom under the Socialist President Upton Sinclair, Coolidge was readily portrayed as another regressive Democrat. Despite Coolidge's promises to keep the Confederate States in check, his lack of accomplishment outside of Massachusetts, worked against him. Although he carried all of the New England states (including his home and"
"the 20th century by 137 leading scholars of American public address. Malcolm X began his speech by emphasizing the common experience of all African Americans, regardless of their religious or political beliefs: What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences. When we come together, we don't come together as Baptists or Methodists. You don't catch hell because you're a Baptist, and you don't catch hell because you're a Methodist. You don't catch hell 'cause you're a Methodist or Baptist. You don't catch hell because you're a Democrat or a Republican. You don't catch hell because"
"Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). He won the popular vote for three presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (with Woodrow Wilson) to be elected president during the era of Republican political domination dating from 1861 to 1933. Cleveland was the leader of the pro-business Bourbon Democrats who opposed high tariffs, Free Silver, inflation, imperialism, and"
"However, compared with the Democrats, Republican divisions on the issue were small, especially as McKinley promised future concessions to silver advocates. Democratic President Grover Cleveland firmly supported the gold standard, but an increasing number of rural Democrats, especially in corn belt and western states, called for a bimetallic ""free silver"" system. The silverites took control of the 1896 Democratic National Convention and chose William Jennings Bryan for president; he had electrified the delegates with his Cross of Gold speech which became famous for its closing phrase, ""You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns,"
"take away from the people of this country who work for a living—and the majority of them live by the sweat of their faces—it will take from them heart and home and hope. It will be self-destruction. He also rejected the ""cheaper is better"" argument outright: President Theodore Roosevelt believed that America's economic growth was due to the protective tariffs, which helped her industrialize. He acknowledged this in his State of the Union address from 1902: The country has acquiesced in the wisdom of the protective-tariff principle. It is exceedingly undesirable that this system should be destroyed or that there"
"of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience,"" which generated applause and laughter, even from Mondale himself. Mondale later recalled that The disintegration of the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" on January 28, 1986, proved a pivotal moment in Reagan's presidency. All seven astronauts aboard were killed. On the night of the disaster, Reagan delivered a speech, written by Peggy Noonan, in which he said: The speech is ranked as one of the ten best American political speeches of the 20th century. Reagan believed that Western Democracy offered the best hope to open"
"Roosevelt (president, 1933–1945) in 1940 was the only president to break the tradition, winning a third term in 1940 and a fourth term in 1944. This gave rise to a successful move to formalize the traditional two-term limit by amending the U.S. Constitution. As ratified in 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment provides that ""no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice"". The new Amendment explicitly did not apply to the incumbent, President Harry S. Truman. However all his close advisors, pointing to his age, his failing abilities, and his poor showing in the polls, talked him"
"nothing to fear from the US, but warns that America will not be the subject for insolent aggression. The President cites good relations with the world as being important, but relations among Americans as most important. All of the growth and success has come with problems the Founding Fathers could not have foreseen, but assures that these are problems that all great nations face. Roosevelt speaks about the complexity of modern life, and the advances of industry. He speaks about the difficulty of self-government, and warns that should America fail, it would shake all free nations to their foundations. Roosevelt"
"that anyone ever proposed such a campaign to Roosevelt. Roosevelt is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of the United States, as well as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. Historians and political scientists consistently rank Roosevelt, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln as the three greatest presidents. Reflecting on Roosevelt's presidency, ""which brought the United States through the Great Depression and World War II to a prosperous future"", said FDR biographer Jean Edward Smith in 2007, ""He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees."""
"back several Confederate advances. During his military service he was wounded on five separate incidents. James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States. An assassin's bullet ended his life and presidency and cut his time in office after serving only 200 days. He had a distinguished military background. Garfield served in the United States Army as a Major General, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a member of the highly controversial Electoral Commission of 1876. He was the second U.S. President to be assassinated. Garfield was the"
"Curse of Tippecanoe The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse) is the supposed pattern of regular death in office of Presidents of the United States elected or re-elected in years evenly divisible by twenty, from William Henry Harrison (elected in 1840) through John F. Kennedy (1960). Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980, was wounded by gunshot but survived; George W. Bush (2000) survived his terms in office, despite a close assassination attempt. The curse, first widely noted in a ""Ripley's Believe It or Not!"" book published in 1931, began with the death of William Henry Harrison, who died in"
"Europe and planned the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45, from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination on November 22, 1963. Few American Presidents have quotes that are remembered long after their deaths, and Kennedy was among those few for saying to the nation, ""Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."" He was the second-youngest President (after"
"the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."" In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt avowed, ""we have nothing to fear but fear itself."" And in 1961, John F. Kennedy declared, ""And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."" On the eight occasions where the new president succeeded"
"William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry and kept the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of free silver (effectively, expansionary monetary policy). McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the"
"Nixon providing the majority vote). Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest man elected President since James Buchanan in 1856 (President Truman stood at 64 in 1948 as the incumbent president, having succeeded to the Presidency in 1945 upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt). Eisenhower was the only general to serve as President in the 20th century and was the most recent President to have never held elected office prior to the Presidency until Donald Trump, who never held public office nor served in the military; the other Presidents who"
"Coin Act of 2005. In 2013, Cleveland was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Scholarly studies Primary sources Official Letters and Speeches Media coverage Other Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). He won the popular vote for three presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (with Woodrow Wilson) to be elected president during the era"
"in 1878, and from Cincinnati Law School in 1880. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. First known by the slogan ""he kept us out of the war"", Wilson was finally pressured into asking Congress to declare war on Germany who was attacking U.S. vessels at high sea. Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was once an influential newspaper"
"strong pre-Civil War president. Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Taylor ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass and becoming the first man elected to the Presidency without having held any previous elected office. He served in the Army for over forty years, had a reputation for never losing a battle, and was nicknamed ""Old Rough and Ready"". During the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Taylor became a national hero, and with this fame he was elected to the presidency. Millard"
"half-free."" This was an allusion to ""until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword"" from Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration address. The Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy was also referenced. Obama's ""this generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience"" and later description of ""brave men and women in uniform, tempered by the flames of battle"" was an allusion to Kennedy's line of a ""new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace."" Obama's"
"“In life, as in a football game,” he wrote, “the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard!” In 1903, the president told an audience, “I believe in rough games and in rough, manly sports. I do not feel any particular sympathy for the person who gets battered about a good deal so long as it is not fatal.” He summoned the head coaches and representatives of the premier collegiate powers—Harvard, Yale and Princeton—to the White House on October 9, 1905. Roosevelt urged them to curb excessive violence and make"