 | Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry - 2002 - 221 strani
...Roosevelt called "the national emergency" "critical," and said that if necessary he would ask Congress for "power to wage a war against the emergency, as great...given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe."69 Al Smith, the ex-governor of New York and FDR rival, said that the depression was "doing more... | |
 | Robert Mann - 2002 - 390 strani
...believed he had the right medicine. Declaring his intention to vigorously fight the depression — "wage a war against the emergency, as great as the...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe" — Roosevelt told the nation at his inauguration that "our greatest primary task is to put people... | |
 | Susan Buck-Morss - 2002 - 410 strani
...he would ask Congress for emergency executive powers to "wage war" against the economic depression "as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign toe" (at a time when the Soviet Union was "waging war" on class enemies, both foreign and domestic,... | |
 | Alexander DeConde - 2000 - 404 strani
...economic crisis his primary concern. If necessary, he told the nation, "I shall ask Congress for . . . broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." The audience responded to this war metaphor with its... | |
 | Brink Lindsey - 2002 - 351 strani
...unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people. ... I shall ask the Congress for . . . broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. 39 In a similar vein, General Hugh Johnson urged citizens... | |
 | Davis W. Houck - 2002 - 188 strani
...courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade or quit. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad Executive powers to wage a war against the world." Roosevelt quickly crossed out the... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 strani
...emer<rency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. I can do... | |
 | Arthur Meier Schlesinger - 2003 - 580 strani
...enact the necessary measures, if the emergency were still critical, then, added Roosevelt solemnly, "I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." The crowd thundered approval in a long, continuing demonstration — the loudest applause of the day.... | |
 | Niran Bahjat Abbas - 2003 - 268 strani
...emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument...emergency, as great as the power that would be given if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.' Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Inaugural Address," 4 March 1933,... | |
 | Kurt Ritter, Martin J. Medhurst - 2004 - 252 strani
...stick). Should the Congress "fail," FDR would not "evade the clear course of duty," for he would ask for "broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency,...to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe." The audience applauded. The court-packing, quarantine, and purge metaphors were vivid, action-oriented... | |
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I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis — broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. 
