| Robert B. Hawkins - 304 strani
...discipline." We had to be prepared to "submit our lives and property to such discipline," and to exhibit "a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife." Essential to the task of creating national unity, according to FDR, was the amelioration of extreme... | |
| Ann Ruth Willner - 1985 - 232 strani
...willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline. . . . This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a unity of duty evoked only in time of armed strife. With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership... | |
| Bernard L. Brock, Robert Lee Scott, James W. Chesebro - 1989 - 524 strani
...leadership in these critical days" (p. 231). "This Nation asks for action, and action now" (p. 232), and "With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people ... " (p. 233). However, Roosevelt was aware that he was pressing the limits of executive power. He... | |
| Ronald Schaffer - 1994 - 263 strani
...country toward recovery. Roosevelt described himself, in his first inaugural address, as leader of a "great army of our people, dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems." He pledged that, if other measures failed, he would go to Congress for "power to wage a war against... | |
| John Cunningham Wood - 1994 - 622 strani
...it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred...duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife. Congress, he hoped, would cooperate in the struggle to come. But if it did not, "I shall ask the Congress... | |
| Michael S. Sherry - 1995 - 628 strani
...attack" on the financial crisis; to summon Americans to be "a trained and loyal army"; to urge on them "a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife"; to assume "unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people." Near the conclusion of... | |
| William Edward Leuchtenburg - 1995 - 398 strani
...it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred...to a disciplined attack upon our common problems. He would urge Congress to adopt his legislative program, but if Congress failed to act and the emergency... | |
| Maxwell Bloomfield - 2000 - 236 strani
...it makes possible a leadership which aims at a larger good. This I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred...unity of duty hitherto evoked only in time of armed strife.12 The military metaphors and accompanying hints of mass regimentation served to introduce the... | |
| Kathy Sammis - 2000 - 132 strani
...discipline, because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective. ... I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great...to a disciplined attack upon our common problems. Herbert Hoover disagreed with Roosevelt's proposals. Here is some of what Hoover had to say about Roosevelt's... | |
| Don E. Eberly - 2000 - 424 strani
..."ready and willing to submit our lives and property to such discipline," he insisted, and pledge that "larger purposes will bind upon us all as a sacred...obligation with a unity of duty hitherto evoked only in times of armed strife."63 Samuel Beer notes that, for all the debate about the intentions and impact... | |
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