Category: Lyndon B. Johnson

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As American as apple pie, cherry pie – and violence…

4 months ago
Robert Deis

Apple trees are not native to America. They originated in Central Asia and were grown in Asia and Europe long before European colonists brought them to North America. However, as…

Barry Goldwater Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice Historical quotes July 16 Lyndon B. Johnson moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue Political quotes

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.”

1 year ago
Robert Deis

On July 16, 1964, at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater uttered his most remembered quotation in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination: “Extremism…

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“About one-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.”

4 years ago
Robert Deis

Some observers have expressed surprise that two populist, anti-establishment candidates who many people view as “extremists” won sizeable percentages of the votes in the 2016 presidential primary elections. But in…

Barry Goldwater Daisy ad Love one another or die Lyndon B. Johnson September 1 W.H. Auden World War II

SEPTEMBER 1 – We must love one another or (and?) die, Daisy!

15 years ago
Robert Deis

One of the most famous poems written by W.H. Auden is “September 1, 1939.” It has the famous line: “We must love one another or die.” At least that was…