fear and loathing in washington DC ((HELP!!!))

mark414

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:25 PM
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fear and loathing in washington DC ((HELP!!!))

Edited on Thu Sep-30-04 04:28 PM by mark414

HELP

i'm writing an article on the unprecedented use of fear by this administration and am looking for quotes from other presidents in times of crisis (FDR, Lincoln, etc.) that basically go against the politics of fear mongering.

HELLLP!

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mark414

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:29 PM
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1. kick

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K-W

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:32 PM
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2. A start

http://www.wheretodoresearch.com/Presidents/Quotes.htm

FDR - "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror." (March 4, 1933)

Truman - America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand." (January 8, 1947)

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mark414

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:34 PM
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3. fantastic

thanks!

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:41 PM
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4. Heres a good link for presidential speeches.

http://www.geocities.com/americanpresidencynet/archive.htm

They link to alot of the speeches, you can just search for the word fear in the speeches.

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Thu Sep-30-04 04:43 PM
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5. Ben Franklin on feeling safe

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Maybe not what you're looking for, but seems relative.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1381.html

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