Posted in Centrist, Churchill, Election 2008, John F. Kennedy, Lincoln, Obama, Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, history on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Winston Churchill: November 29, 1941 - Address To Harrow School
…this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
Here’s another leader from our past that has words to heed in this time [...]
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Posted in Centrist, Election 2008, John F. Kennedy, Lincoln, Mo-Tzu, Obama, Opinion, Quotes, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, history, purpose on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Factoid: Lincoln was asked by his own party to step down and not run for re-election in 1864.
Commented on HuffPost: Why Judd Gregg’s Change of Heart Was a Birthday Present to Lincoln’s Protégé –
“Thanks for the refreshing post, running somewhat against the grain of most of the splinter heads in the media (take that! [...]
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Posted in 1963, 44 Years, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, November 22, Opinion, Oswald, Princip, Ray, Sirhan, Whitman, camelot, dallas, final shot, grassy knoll, history, jfk, truth on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On November 22, 1963, I was in my high school General Science class 16 miles south of the Texas School Book Depository. Today, I drive by Dealy Plaza on my home from work. There are always lots of tourists standing around, talking, pointing, taking pictures. As I pick my way through the intersection, I see [...]
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