| Voices of Democrary |
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| Volume 5(1), 2010 |
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Heyse, Amy L. |
Theodore Roosevelt: "Address of President Roosevelt at the laying of the corner stone of the office building of the House of Representatives Saturday, April 14, 1906 (The Man with the Muck-Rake)" (14 April 1906). |
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| | Responding to what he considered sensationalistic reporting, President Theodore Roosevelt condemned the "muckrakers" in strong moralistic terms, yet he also acknowledged the need for "absolutely truthful" exposes of corruption in the Progressive era | |
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Pauley, Garth |
John Lewis: "Speech at the March on Washington" (28 August 1963). |
18-36 |
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| | John Lewis delivered a fiery speech at the March on Washington that attracted nearly as much attention as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" oration | |
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Gardner, Elizabeth |
William Jennings Bryan: "Imperialism" (8 August 1900). |
37-56 |
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| | This paper explores how William Jennings Bryan's "Imperialism" address of August 8, 1900 typified the Progressive Era's faith in the people and crafted a narrative of American exceptionalism | |
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Kimokeo-Goes, Una |
Theodore Roosevelt: "Free silver, trusts, and the Philippines" (7 September 1900). |
57-71 |
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| | This essay examines a vice presidential campaign speech by Theodore Roosevelt that reveals his vision of American national character and its role in world affairs | |
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Sierlecki, Bonnie J. |
Gerald R. Ford: "Remarks on signing a proclamation granting pardon to Richard Nixon" (8 September 1974). |
72-88 |
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| | Gerald Ford, the only politician to serve as vice-president and president without being elected to either office, is primarily remembered for pardoning Richard M Nixon following the Watergate scandal | |
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Sheffield, Jessica |
Theodore Roosevelt: "Conservation as a national duty" (13 May 1908). |
89-108 |
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| | In his keynote address to the 1908 Conference of Governors, Theodore Roosevelt recast conservation as a public (rather than private) and moral (rather than economic) issue | |
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