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Gore Vidal claimed to have used this speech to fully understand Lincoln's character for his historical novel Lincoln. [7] The speech is re-arranged and slightly misquoted at the beginning of the first episode of Ken Burns's 1990 documentary series The Civil War.
The following is a chronological list of political catchphrases throughout the history of the United States government. This is not necessarily a list of historical quotes, but phrases that have been commonly referenced or repeated within various political contexts.
The 1936 Madison Square Garden speech was a speech given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 31, 1936, three days before that year's presidential election.In the speech, Roosevelt pledged to continue the New Deal and criticized those who, in his view, were putting personal gain and politics over national economic recovery from the Great Depression.
1. “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” —Rosa Parks 2.
A common symptom of paranoia is attribution bias.These individuals typically have a biased perception of reality, often exhibiting more hostile beliefs than average. [4] A paranoid person may view someone else's accidental behavior as though it is intentional or signifies a threat.
Malcolm X, four months after giving the speech "Message to the Grass Roots" is a public speech delivered by black civil rights activist Malcolm X.The speech was delivered on November 10, 1963, at the Northern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference, which was held at King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. [1]
Robert Val Guthrie was born in Chicago on February 14, 1932, but moved to Lexington, Kentucky, when his father became the principal at Dunbar High School. [1] Living in segregated Kentucky, Guthrie went to Black schools, Black churches, and had friends only in the Black community. [3]
The heart of the dialogue opens with a challenge by Socrates to the elder and revered Parmenides and Zeno. Employing his customary method of attack, the reductio ad absurdum, Zeno has argued that if as the pluralists say things are many, then they will be both like and unlike; but this is an impossible situation, for unlike things cannot be like, nor like things unlike.