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thrilling than a scream.

Hadrian VII (1904) ch. 21

Pray for the repose of His soul. He was so tired.

Hadrian VII (1904) ch. 24

18.57 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

See Pope John XXIII (10.16)

18.58 Eleanor Roosevelt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1884-1962

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

In Catholic Digest Aug. 1960, p. 102

18.59 Franklin D. Roosevelt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1882-1945

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

Cable to Winston Churchill, replying to congratulations on Roosevelt's

60th birthday, in W. S. Churchill Hinge of Fate (1950) ch. 4

These unhappy times call for the building of plans that...build from the

bottom up...that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the

bottom of the economic pyramid.

Radio address, 7 Apr. 1932, in Public Papers (1938) vol. 1, p. 625

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let

us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of

competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is

a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in

this crusade to restore America to its own people.

Speech to Democratic Convention in Chicago, 2 July 1932, accepting

nomination for presidency, in Public Papers (1938) vol. 1, p. 647

First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to

fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which

paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Inaugural address, 4 Mar. 1933, in Public Papers (1938) vol. 2, p. 11

In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of

the good neighbour.

Inaugural address, 4 Mar. 1933, in Public Papers (1938) vol. 2, p. 14

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood

running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs.

I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen

200 limping, exhausted men come out of line--the survivors of a regiment

of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children

starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

Speech at Chautauqua, NY, 14 Aug. 1936, in Public Papers (1936) vol. 5,

p. 289

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Second inaugural address, 20 Jan. 1937, in Public Papers (1941) vol. 6,

p. 5

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere

is in danger.

"Fireside Chat" radio broadcast, 3 Sept. 1939, in Public Papers (1941)

vol. 8, p. 461

I am reminded of four definitions: A Radical is a man with both feet

firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly

good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary

is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs

and his hands at the behest--at the command--of his head.

Radio address to New York Herald Tribune Forum, 26 Oct. 1939, in Public

Papers (1941) vol. 8, p. 556

And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more

assurance. I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and

again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

Speech in Boston, 30 Oct. 1940, in Public Papers (1941) vol. 9, p. 517

We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will. We must

be the great arsenal of democracy.

"Fireside Chat" radio broadcast, 29 Dec. 1940, in Public Papers (1941)

vol. 9, p. 643

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to

a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom

of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom

of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means

economic understanding which will secure to every nation a healthy

peacetime life for its inhabitants--everywhere in the world. The fourth is

freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide

reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that

no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression

against any neighbour--anywhere in the world.

Message to Congress, 6 Jan. 1941, in Public Papers (1941) vol. 9, p. 672

Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live on in infamy--the

United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval

and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Address to Congress, 8 Dec. 1941, in Public Papers (1950) vol. 10, p. 514

The work, my friend, is peace. More than an end of this war--an end to the

beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end forever to this impractical,

unrealistic settlement of the differences between governments by the mass

killings of peoples.

Undelivered address for Jefferson Day, 13 Apr. 1945 (the day after

Roosevelt died) in Public Papers (1950) vol. 13, p. 615

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Undelivered address for Jefferson Day, 13 Apr. 1945, final lines, in

Public Papers (1950) vol. 13, p. 616

We all know that books burn--yet we have the greater knowledge that books

can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no

force can abolish memory. No man and no force can put thought in

a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world

the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny of every kind.

In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your

dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.

"Message to the Booksellers of America" read at banquet, 6 May 1942, in

Publisher's Weekly 9 May 1942

18.60 Theodore Roosevelt =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1858-1919

The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he

shall be able and willing to pull his weight.

Speech in New York, 11 Nov. 1902, in Addresses and Presidential Messages

1902-4 (1904) p. 85

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough

to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled

to, and less than that no man shall have.

Speech at the Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois, 4 June 1903, in

Addresses and Presidential Messages 1902-4 (1904) p. 224

[William] McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate �clair!

In H. T. Peck Twenty Years of the Republic (1906) p. 642

There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big

stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet

build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient

navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

Speech at Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903, in New York Times 4 Apr. 1903

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room

here for only 100 per cent. Americanism, only for those who are Americans

and nothing else.

Speech in Saratoga, 19 July 1918, in Roosevelt Policy (1919) vol. 3,

p. 1079

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of

the strenuous life.

Speech to the Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 Apr. 1899, in Works, Memorial

edition (1925), vol. 15, p. 267

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

In Works, Memorial edition (1925) vol. 15, p. 388 "Latitude and Longitude

among Reformers"

The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of

society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

Speech in Washington, 14 Apr. 1906, in Works, Memorial edition (1925)

vol. 18, p. 574

A hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of

the man who puts "native" before the hyphen as of the man who puts German

or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter

of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the

United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other

allegiance.

Speech in New York, 12 Oct. 1915, in Works, Memorial edition (1925)

vol. 20, p. 457

There are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and

always discrediting it--the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform

movements.

Autobiography (1913) ch. 7, in Works, Memorial edition (1925) vol. 22,

p. 247

I wish in this campaign to do...whatever is likely to produce the best

results for the Republican ticket. I am as strong as a bull moose and you

can use me to the limit.

Letter to Mark Hanna, 27 June 1900, in Works, Memorial edition (1926)

vol. 23, p. 162 ("Bull Moose" became the popular name of the Progressive

Party)

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called

"weasel words." When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the

egg. If you use a "weasel word" after another, there is nothing left of

the other.

Speech in St Louis, 31 May 1916, in Works, Memorial edition (1926)

vol. 24, p. 483

Good to the last drop.

Said to Joel Cheek in 1907 about Maxwell House coffee, and subsequently

used as an advertising slogan

18.61 Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Any time you're Lambeth way,

Any evening, any day,

You'll find us all

Doin' the Lambeth Walk.

Lambeth Walk (1937 song; music by Noel Gay)

18.62 Billy Rose =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1899-1966

Me and my shadow.

Title of song (1927; music by Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer)

18.63 Billy Rose and Marty Bloom =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Billy Rose 1899-1966

Marty Bloom

Does the spearmint lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?

Title of song (1924; music by Ernest Breuer; revived in 1959 by Lonnie

Donegan with the title "Does your chewing-gum lose its flavour on the

bedpost overnight?")

18.64 Billy Rose and Willie Raskin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Billy Rose 1899-1966

Willie Raskin 1896-1942

Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.

Title of song (1927; music by Fred Fisher). Cf. Texas Guinan

18.65 William Rose =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1918-1987

The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming.

Title of film (1966)

18.66 Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1847-1929

There is no need for any nation, however great, leaving the Empire,

because the Empire is a commonwealth of nations.

Speech in Adelaide, Australia, 18 Jan. 1884, in Marquess of Crewe Lord

Rosebery (1931) vol. 1, ch. 7

And now we cannot but observe that it is beginning to be hinted that we

are a nation of amateurs.

Rectorial Address at Glasgow University, 16 Nov. 1900, in The Times

17 Nov. 1900

I must plough my furrow alone. That is my fate, agreeable or the reverse;

but before I get to the end of that furrow it is possible that I may find

myself not alone.

Speech at City of London Liberal Club, 19 July 1901, on remaining outside

Liberal Party leadership, in The Times 20 July 1901

18.67 Ethel Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Ethel Rosenberg 1916-1953

Julius Rosenberg 1918-1953

We are innocent, as we have proclaimed and maintained from the time of our

arrest. This is the whole truth. To forsake this truth is to pay too high

a price even for the priceless gift of life--for life thus purchased we

could not live out in dignity and self-respect.

Petition for executive clemency, filed 9 Jan. 1953, in Ethel Rosenberg

Death House Letters (1953) p. 149

Ethel wants it made known that we are the first victims of American

Fascism.

Letter from Julius to Emanuel Bloch before their execution for espionage,

19 June 1953, in Ethel Rosenberg Testament of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

(1954) p. 187

18.68 Alan S. C. Ross =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1907-1980

U and Non-U. An essay in sociological linguistics.

Title of essay in Nancy Mitford Noblesse Oblige (1956), first published in

Neuphilologische Mitteilungen (1954)

18.69 Harold Ross =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

1892-1951

Usually he [Ross] confined himself to written comments. His later famed