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January 27, 2010: 2010 State of the Union Address

… was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis. It was not easy to do. And if there's one thing that … start bringing down the deficit. But we took office amid a crisis. And our efforts to prevent a second depression have … There will be difficult days ahead, but I am absolutely confident we will succeed. As we take the fight to Al Qaida, …

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Susan Thomases Oral History

… people. When the campaign first got started in September of ’91, several of us went there for the announcement. … to get a portrait. Thomases First of all, I have total confidence that Bill Clinton can pull off anything he chooses … time in this whole thing that I have felt there was a near crisis in their relationship. The other things were all …

September 26, 1988: Address to the United Nations

… efforts in this area must be redoubled. The AIDS crisis is a grave one. We must move as one to meet it. And so, too, is the drug crisis. We're moving now toward a new anti-drug-trafficking … This important treaty will be completed in December. I am confident other strong U.N. drug control programs will also …

June 10, 1963: American University Commencement

… a man of his nation as well as a man of his time, and I am confident that the men and women who carry the honor of … of the other's actions which might occur at a time of crisis. We have also been talking in Geneva about other …

January 5, 1957: Eisenhower Doctrine

… Out of such understandings must, and eventually will, grow confidence and trust, indispensable ingredients to a program … needed to deter aggression, to give courage and confidence to those who are dedicated to freedom and thus … and their fortitude and resolution have been equal to the crisis, regardless of hostile distortion of our words, …

Equal justice?

… unreliable and deeply resistant to change. There is a true crisis of confidence in justice. In this episode we return to our … crime, uh, and so you had a, a real sense of existential crisis in the country around crime, there was also a broad …

January 20, 1993: First Inaugural

… our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence. Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our … The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all. Today, as an …

April 20, 1964: Speech to the Associated Press Luncheon

… airlift, the Korean war, the defense of Formosa, the Cuba crisis, the struggle in Viet-Nam, prove our determination to … on our honor as a nation, would undermine worldwide confidence in our courage, would convince every nation in … airlift, the Korean war, the defense of Formosa, the Cuba crisis, the struggle in Viet-Nam, prove our determination to …

December 6, 1831: Third Annual Message to Congress

… to the proper branch of the government with the perfect confidence that its wisdom will adopt such measures as will … the opening of the last session of Congress I expressed a confident hope that the justice of our claims upon France, … Indians for emigration has been resumed, and it is confidently expected that half, if not two-thirds, of that …

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Douglas Sosnik Oral History

… these jobs were ready for prime time? Or did you have confidence that these guys—mostly guys, I guess there were … alienated from his White House staff in that he had lost confidence in them. I think he thought they were more liberal … second term over at Defense. He had a tremendous amount of confidence in him. Someone who had an enormous impact on his …

August 14, 1980: Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention

… nation, a just society, a peaceful world, a strong America—confident and proud and united. And we have a memory of … That is the future I want for all people, a future of confidence and hope and a good life. It's the future America … increases have helped to trigger a worldwide inflation crisis. We took forceful action, and interest rates have now …

March 20, 1965: Press Conference at the LBJ Ranch

… President--President Abraham Lincoln--said that he was confident that we would be touched by the better angels of … with you. Have you had discussions with him since this crisis developed, or does that refer to earlier talks? THE … in my judgment, will help each nation achieve broader confidence to do what they consider they ought to do in …

Election 2020 and its aftermath

… President-elect Biden attempts to project an air of calm confidence even as the coronavirus surges and his transition … throughout.] They did in ‘62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis; October the 22nd, they moved. Now, they think we’ve … FRIDAY SPECIAL EVENT: TRANSITION IN TIMES OF CRISIS Two former Secretaries of Homeland Security look at …

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James Rubin Oral History

… that we have an unblemished record of maintaining these confidences through the course of the project. We say that as … in the family than it is outside. I couldn’t violate your confidences to Woolsey, whom I have not interviewed yet. … but it took a long time for me to develop the kind of confidences and complicity that we developed over time. In …

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James Miller Oral History

… expansion, winning the Cold War, and restoring the confidence of the American people. He also gives an intimate … that everything said in this room is held in strict confidence until such time as Mr. Miller—may I call you Jim? … but I’ll tell it anyway. The story is a measure of how confident I was in the President’s sense of humor. He seldom …

August 23, 1984: Republican National Convention

… behalf of the principles of our party which lift America confidently into the future. America is presented with the … of pessimism, fear, and limits, or ours of hope, confidence, and growth. Their government sees people only as … In 1980 the people decided with us that the economic crisis was not caused by the fact that they lived too well. …

February 2, 1977: Report to the American People on Energy

… see more of one kind of aid and less of another. But I am confident that this is the best balanced plan that we can … different spirit. During World War II we faced a terrible crisis—but the challenge of fighting Nazism drew us together. … and different ethnic backgrounds—but with faith and confidence in each other our differences can be a source of …

January 19, 1999: State of the Union Address

… our budget surplus growing, our economy expanding, our confidence rising, now is the moment for this generation to … as the last headache of the 20th century, not the first crisis of the 21st. For our own prosperity, we must support … hit especially hard. This is the most serious financial crisis in half a century. To meet it, the United States and …

September 2, 1916: Speech of Acceptance

… as I have always sought, to justify the extraordinary confidence thus reposed in me by striving to purge my heart … long period of its control to stagger from one financial crisis to another under the operation of a national banking … unfounded fears and set them upon the road of hopeful and confident enterprise. By the Federal Reserve Act the supply …

September 3, 1916: Speech Accepting the Democratic Nomination