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… extravagance of enterprise by improvidence of credit. How strikingly is this conclusion sustained by experience! … States, with the vast powers conferred on it by Congress, did not or could not prevent former and similar … since the suspension at a sacrifice in its amount, whilst he who kept it in the legal currency of the country and in …
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… socioeconomic ladder can climb their way to prosperity. As President Obama and a thousand others have said, if we give … up until, well, very recently. Only over the last 50 years did that meaningfully change as movements for civil rights … wealth one percent, baffled political observers when he began reaching across class lines to declare the American …
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… of America's position both domestically and globally. The President spends the majority of his message detailing the … affairs, standing, without important change, as they did when you separated in July last, is flattering in the … but in that of their votes in the colleges of electors of President and Vice President. The effect of a distribution …
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… President Lincoln uses his first inaugural address to attempt to reassure the Southern states that he will protect their interests regarding slavery. He warns, … the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President "before he enters on the execution of his office." …
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… first Monday of December, and it has been usual for the President to make no communication of a public character to … and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." It is matter of … that the operation of the treaty is prospective only and did not require Great Britain to abandon or contract any …
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… are still lacking. Roads are being constructed, which he represents are the first requisite for building … would lead logically to telling the farmer by law what and how much he should plant and where he should plant it, and …
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… Provisional Government, has since been confirmed in the Presidency by the Assembly, and diplomatic recognition duly … that General Barrundia's life should be spared and that he should be tried only for offenses growing out of his … judgment of three eminent jurists, to be designated by the President of the Swiss Republic, who, upon the joint …
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… At the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City, President Bush delivers a speech on the relationship between … I would hope that Ray Kelly would tell New York's finest how much I appreciate the incredible hospitality that we are … most dramatic gains have come in the developing world. As President, I have seen the transformative power of trade up …
Presidential Speeches
… In his sixth State of the Union address, President Clinton discusses the recent accomplishments and current challenges of the nation. The President focuses on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, … Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, honored guests, my fellow …
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… measured by the cost of its economical maintenance, and he was secure in the enjoyment of the remaining recompense of … citizens to inquire at the present stage of our progress how the bond of the Government made with the people has been …
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… In his final State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush reviews his seven years in office, … achieved and the challenges that remain. The President is introduced by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. … Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, …
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… no matter whether his work be mental or manual, whether he be farmer or wage-worker, business man or professional … commercial relations. During the administrations of Presidents Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley the State … in its nature; probably no legislative body, no matter how wise and able, could undertake it with reasonable …
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… for the work in the reorganized Department of State. President Cleveland had taken the first step toward … AS TO MERIT AND NONPARTISAN CHARACTER OF APPOINTMENTS How faithful to the merit system and how nonpartisan has been …
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… law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit … stand heartily for the rights of every decent man, whether he be a man of great wealth or a man who earns his livelihood … the courts; these judges, the judges of the stamp of the president-elect, who have been fearless in opposing labor …
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… President Monroe begins by updating Congress on the state of … some time on his desire to suspend the slave trade. He also summarizes the state of the budget and how the public revenue has been spent by the government. … Under the act of 30th April last, authorizing the President to cause a survey to be made, with the necessary …
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… feeling a thrill of gratification, at the same time that he must be impressed with a grateful sense of our profound … of the country and maintain the honor of its flag. But how can they discharge these duties unless they be themselves … due on the 30th of September last and has been paid. The President of the French Republic, according to the provisions …
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… intercontinental commerce of the future. My meeting with President Diaz and the greeting exchanged on both American … through the general receiver of customs appointed by the President of the United States in accordance with the … class while doing the easiest work, for which alone he may be fitted. An investigation ordered by my predecessor …
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… in Cuba, dreadful and devastating as were its incidents, did not rise to the fearful dignity of war. Regarding it now, … work of the court before the expiration of the year the President might by proclamation extend the time of its … terms to the emigrant as the high privilege to which he is admitted can or should permit. I do not propose any …
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… which I expressed in accepting the nomination for the Presidency, and again upon my inauguration, that the policy … exercise of the duty imposed by the Constitution on the President of recommending to the consideration of Congress "such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." Holding the opinion, …
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… Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes authorizes the President to prescribe the regulations for admission to the … and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter;" but the law is practically inoperative … against the other. Under this convention a commission, presided over by a distinguished publicist, appointed in …